Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *laiska.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯skɑ/, [ˈɫɑi̯skə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯skɑ
  • Hyphenation: lais‧kõ

Adjective

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laiskõ

  1. lazy

Inflection

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Declension of laiskõ (type III/jalkõ, sk-zg gradation)
singular plural
nominative laiskõ laizgõd
genitive laizga laiskojõ, laiskoi
partitive laiska laiskoitõ, laiskoi
illative laiskasõ, laiska laiskoisõ
inessive laizgõz laiskoiz
elative laizgõssõ laiskoissõ
allative laizgõlõ laiskoilõ
adessive laizgõllõ laiskoillõ
ablative laizgõltõ laiskoiltõ
translative laizgõssi laiskoissi
*) 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) “laiska”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn