Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *rik'as.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrikɑz/, [ˈrʲikɑz̥]
  • Rhymes: -ikɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: ri‧kaz

Adjective

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rikaz

  1. rich

Inflection

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Declension of rikaz (type XIV/ammõz, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative rikaz rikkad
genitive rikka rikkajõ, rikkai
partitive rikassõ rikkaitõ, rikkai
illative rikkasõ, rikka rikkaisõ
inessive rikkaz rikkaiz
elative rikkassõ rikkaissõ
allative rikkalõ rikkailõ
adessive rikkallõ rikkaillõ
ablative rikkaltõ rikkailtõ
translative rikkassi rikkaissi
*) 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) “rikaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn