Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *marja.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmɑrjɑ/, [ˈmɑrʝə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrjɑ
  • Hyphenation: mar‧jõ

Noun edit

marjõ

  1. berry

Inflection edit

Declension of marjõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative marjõ marjõd
genitive marja marjojõ, marjoi
partitive marja marjoitõ, marjoi
illative marjasõ, marja marjoisõ
inessive marjõz marjoiz
elative marjõssõ marjoissõ
allative marjõlõ marjoilõ
adessive marjõllõ marjoillõ
ablative marjõltõ marjoiltõ
translative marjõssi marjoissi
*) 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) “marja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn