Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian свежий (svežij).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsveːʒɑ/, [ˈsveːʒə̠]
  • Rhymes: -eːʒɑ
  • Hyphenation: svee‧žõ

Adjective

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sveežõ

  1. fresh

Inflection

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Declension of sveežõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sveežõ sveežõd
genitive sveeža sveežojõ, sveežoi
partitive sveeža sveežoitõ, sveežoi
illative sveežasõ, sveeža sveežoisõ
inessive sveežõz sveežoiz
elative sveežõssõ sveežoissõ
allative sveežõlõ sveežoilõ
adessive sveežõllõ sveežoillõ
ablative sveežõltõ sveežoiltõ
translative sveežõssi sveežoissi
*) 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) “sveeža”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn