Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *litna.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlidnɑ/, [ˈlidnə̠]
  • Rhymes: -idnɑ
  • Hyphenation: lid‧nõ

Noun

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lidnõ

  1. town, city

Inflection

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Declension of lidnõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lidnõ lidnõd
genitive lidna lidnojõ, lidnoi
partitive lidna lidnoitõ, lidnoi
illative lidnasõ, lidna lidnoisõ
inessive lidnõz lidnoiz
elative lidnõssõ lidnoissõ
allative lidnõlõ lidnoilõ
adessive lidnõllõ lidnoillõ
ablative lidnõltõ lidnoiltõ
translative lidnõssi lidnoissi
*) 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) “lidna”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn