Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old East Slavic бьрдо (bĭrdo).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpirtɑ/, [ˈpʲirtə̠]
  • Rhymes: -irtɑ
  • Hyphenation: pir‧tõ

Noun

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pirtõ

  1. (weaving) reed

Inflection

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Declension of pirtõ (type III/jalkõ, rt-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative pirtõ pirrõd
genitive pirra pirtojõ, pirtoi
partitive pirta pirtoitõ, pirtoi
illative pirtasõ, pirta pirtoisõ
inessive pirrõz pirtoiz
elative pirrõssõ pirtoissõ
allative pirrõlõ pirtoilõ
adessive pirrõllõ pirtoillõ
ablative pirrõltõ pirtoiltõ
translative pirrõssi pirtoissi
*) 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) “pirta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn