vadʹdʹalain

Votic

Etymology

vadʹdʹa (“pile, stake”) +‎ -lain. Derived from vadʹdʹõ (“pile, stake”), which is the symbol of the Votes.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑɟːɑːlɑi̯n/, [ˈvɑɟːɑɫɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑɟːɑːlɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: vadʹ‧dʹa‧lain

Noun

vadʹdʹalain

1. Vote, Votic person

Inflection

Declension of vadʹdʹalain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vadʹdʹalain	vadʹdʹalaizõd
genitive	vadʹdʹalaizõ	vadʹdʹalaisiijõ, vadʹdʹalaisii
partitive	vadʹdʹalaissõ	vadʹdʹalaisiitõ, vadʹdʹalaisii
illative	vadʹdʹalaisõ, vadʹdʹalaisõsõ	vadʹdʹalaisiisõ
inessive	vadʹdʹalaizõz	vadʹdʹalaisiiz
elative	vadʹdʹalaizõssõ	vadʹdʹalaisiissõ
allative	vadʹdʹalaizõlõ	vadʹdʹalaisiilõ
adessive	vadʹdʹalaizõllõ	vadʹdʹalaisiillõ
ablative	vadʹdʹalaizõltõ	vadʹdʹalaisiiltõ
translative	vadʹdʹalaizõssi	vadʹdʹalaisiissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn