Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old East Slavic поганъ (poganŭ).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɡɑnɑ/, [ˈpɑɡɑnə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɡɑnɑ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ga‧nõ

Noun

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paganõ

  1. devil
  2. pagan, heathen

Adjective

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paganõ

  1. evil, wicked

Inflection

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Declension of paganõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative paganõ paganõd
genitive pagana paganojõ, paganoi
partitive pagana paganoitõ, paganoi
illative paganasõ, pagana paganoisõ
inessive paganõz paganoiz
elative paganõssõ paganoissõ
allative paganõlõ paganoilõ
adessive paganõllõ paganoillõ
ablative paganõltõ paganoiltõ
translative paganõssi paganoissi
*) 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) “pagana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn