Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *varsa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑrsɑ/, [ˈvɑrsə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrsɑ
  • Hyphenation: var‧sõ

Noun

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varsõ

  1. foal

Inflection

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Declension of varsõ (type III/jalkõ, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative varsõ varzõd
genitive varza varsojõ, varsoi
partitive varsa varsoitõ, varsoi
illative varsasõ, varsa varsoisõ
inessive varzõz varsoiz
elative varzõssõ varsoissõ
allative varzõlõ varsoilõ
adessive varzõllõ varsoillõ
ablative varzõltõ varsoiltõ
translative varzõssi varsoissi
*) 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) “varsa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn