Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *varës, from Proto-Uralic *warᴈ.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑrɤz/, [ˈvɑrɤz̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɤz̥
  • Hyphenation: va‧rõz

Noun edit

varõz

  1. crow

Inflection edit

Declension of varõz (type XI/jänez, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative varõz varõsõd
genitive varõsõ varõssijõ, varõssii
partitive varõssõ varõssiitõ, varõssii
illative varõssõõsõ varõssiisõ
inessive varõsõz varõssiiz
elative varõsõssõ varõssiissõ
allative varõsõlõõ varõssiilõ
adessive varõsõllõ varõssiillõ
ablative varõsõltõ varõssiiltõ
translative varõsõssi varõssiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References edit

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