Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *parmas.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpɑrmɑz/, [ˈpɑrmə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrmɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: par‧mõz

Noun

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parmõz

  1. horsefly, gadfly

Inflection

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Declension of parmõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative parmõz parmad
genitive parma parmajõ, parmai
partitive parmõssõ parmaitõ, parmai
illative parmasõ, parma parmaisõ
inessive parmaz parmaiz
elative parmassõ parmaissõ
allative parmalõ parmailõ
adessive parmallõ parmaillõ
ablative parmaltõ parmailtõ
translative parmassi parmaissi
*) 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) “parmaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn