Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *paska.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpɑskɑ/, [ˈpɑskə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑskɑ
  • Hyphenation: pas‧kõ

Noun

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paskõ

  1. feces, shit

Adjective

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paskõ

  1. bad, terrible, shitty

Inflection

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Declension of paskõ (type III/jalkõ, sk-zg gradation)
singular plural
nominative paskõ pazgõd
genitive pazga paskojõ, paskoi
partitive paska paskoitõ, paskoi
illative paskasõ, paska paskoisõ
inessive pazgõz paskoiz
elative pazgõssõ paskoissõ
allative pazgõlõ paskoilõ
adessive pazgõllõ paskoillõ
ablative pazgõltõ paskoiltõ
translative pazgõssi paskoissi
*) 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) “paska”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn