Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian кирпи́ч (kirpíč).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkirpit͡sːɑ/, [ˈkʲirpʲit͡sːə̠], /kirˈpit͡sːɑ/, [kʲirˈpʲit͡sːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -irpit͡sːɑ, -it͡sːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kir‧pit‧tsõ

Noun edit

kirpittsõ

  1. brick

Inflection edit

Declension of kirpittsõ (type III/jalkõ, tts-ts gradation)
singular plural
nominative kirpittsõ kirpitsõd
genitive kirpitsa kirpittsojõ, kirpittsoi
partitive kirpittsa kirpittsoitõ, kirpittsoi
illative kirpittsasõ, kirpittsa kirpittsoisõ
inessive kirpitsõz kirpittsoiz
elative kirpitsõssõ kirpittsoissõ
allative kirpitsõlõ kirpittsoilõ
adessive kirpitsõllõ kirpittsoillõ
ablative kirpitsõltõ kirpittsoiltõ
translative kirpitsõssi kirpittsoissi
*) 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 edit

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