Votic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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varõz

  1. crow

Inflection

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Declension of varõz (type XI/jänez, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative varõz varõsõd
genitive varõsõ varõssijõ, varõssii
partitive varõssõ varõssiitõ, varõssii
illative varõssõsõ varõssiisõ
inessive varõsõz varõssiiz
elative varõsõssõ varõssiissõ
allative varõsõlõ 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

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