Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ingrian jyrkkä.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈjyrkːy/, [ˈʝyrkʲːy]
  • Rhymes: -yrkːy
  • Hyphenation: jürk‧kü

Adjective

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jürkkü

  1. steep, abrupt

Inflection

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Declension of jürkkü (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative jürkkü jürküd
genitive jürkü jürkküje, jürkküi
partitive jürkküä jürkküite, jürkküi
illative jürkküse, jürkkü jürkküise
inessive jürküz jürkküiz
elative jürküsse jürkküisse
allative jürküle jürkküile
adessive jürkülle jürkküille
ablative jürkülte jürkküilte
translative jürküssi jürkküissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “jürkkü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn