Votic edit

Etymology edit

peren +‎ nain

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈperenˌnɑi̯n/, [ˈperenˌnɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ren‧nain

Noun edit

perennain

  1. housewife, hostess

Inflection edit

Declension of nain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative perennain perennaizõd
genitive perennaizõ perennaisiijõ, perennaisii
partitive perennaissõ perennaisiitõ, perennaisii
illative perennaisõ, perennaisõsõ perennaisiisõ
inessive perennaizõz perennaisiiz
elative perennaizõssõ perennaisiissõ
allative perennaizõlõ perennaisiilõ
adessive perennaizõllõ perennaisiillõ
ablative perennaizõltõ perennaisiiltõ
translative perennaizõssi perennaisiissi
*) 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) “perennain”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn