Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian класс (klass).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈklɑːsːɑ/, [ˈkɫɑːsːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːsːɑ
  • Hyphenation: klaas‧sõ

Noun

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klaassõ

  1. (school) grade

Inflection

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Declension of klaassõ (type III/jalkõ, ss-s gradation)
singular plural
nominative klaassõ klaasõd
genitive klaasa klaassojõ, klaassoi
partitive klaassa klaassoitõ, klaassoi
illative klaassasõ, klaassa klaassoisõ
inessive klaasõz klaassoiz
elative klaasõssõ klaassoissõ
allative klaasõlõ klaassoilõ
adessive klaasõllõ klaassoillõ
ablative klaasõltõ klaassoiltõ
translative klaasõssi klaassoissi
*) 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) “klaassa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn