vargõz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vargas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑrɡɑz/, [ˈvɑrɡə̠z̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɡɑz̥
• Hyphenation: var‧gõz

Noun

vargõz

1. thief

Inflection

Declension of vargõz (type XIV/ammõz, k-g gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vargõz	varkad
genitive	varka	varkajõ, varkai
partitive	vargõssõ	varkaitõ, varkai
illative	varkasõ, varka	varkaisõ
inessive	varkaz	varkaiz
elative	varkassõ	varkaissõ
allative	varkalõ	varkailõ
adessive	varkallõ	varkaillõ
ablative	varkaltõ	varkailtõ
translative	varkassi	varkaissi
*) 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