Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vatnas.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑdnɑz/, [ˈvɑdnə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdnɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: vad‧nõz

Noun

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vadnõz

  1. plowshare

Inflection

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Declension of vadnõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vadnõz vadnad
genitive vadna vadnajõ, vadnai
partitive vadnõssõ vadnaitõ, vadnai
illative vadnasõ, vadna vadnaisõ
inessive vadnaz vadnaiz
elative vadnassõ vadnaissõ
allative vadnalõ vadnailõ
adessive vadnallõ vadnaillõ
ablative vadnaltõ vadnailtõ
translative vadnassi vadnaissi
*) 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) “vadnaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn