Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *saibas.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsei̯væz/, [ˈsei̯vʲə̟z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ei̯væz̥
  • Hyphenation: sei‧vez

Noun

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seivez

  1. pole, stake, pale

Inflection

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Declension of seivez (type XIV/ammõz, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative seivez seipäd
genitive seipä seipäje, seipäi
partitive seivesse seipäite, seipäi
illative seipäse, seipä seipäise
inessive seipäz seipäiz
elative seipässe seipäisse
allative seipäle seipäile
adessive seipälle seipäille
ablative seipälte seipäilte
translative seipässi seipäissi
*) 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) “seiväz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn