virolain

Ingrian

Etymology

From viro (“Estonians”) +‎ -lain. Akin to Finnish virolainen and Votic virolain.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋirolɑi̯ne/, [ˈʋiro̞ɫəi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋirolɑi̯n/, [ˈʋiro̞ɫɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -irolɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: vi‧ro‧lain

Noun

virolain

1. Estonian (person of Estonian ethnicity)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Territorialisest, oman elopaikan poolest, iƶorat ollaa soomalaisiin, venäläisiin, virolaisiin ja vadjalaisiin naapurinna.

     Territorially, according to [their] own place of residence, Ingrians are neighbours to Finns, Russians, Estonians and Votes.

Declension

Declension of virolain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	virolain	virolaiset
genitive	virolaisen	virolaisiin
partitive	virolaista, virolaist	virolaisia
illative	virolaisee	virolaisii
inessive	virolaisees	virolaisiis
elative	virolaisest	virolaisist
allative	virolaiselle	virolaisille
adessive	virolaiseel	virolaisiil
ablative	virolaiselt	virolaisilt
translative	virolaiseks	virolaisiks
essive	virolaisenna, virolaiseen	virolaisinna, virolaisiin
exessive1)	virolaisent	virolaisint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (derogative) villipulli

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 669

Votic

Etymology

From viro +‎ -lain. Compare Finnish virolainen.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvirolɑi̯n/, [ˈvʲiroɫɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -irolɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: vi‧ro‧lain

Noun

virolain

1. Estonian (person)

Inflection

Declension of virolain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	virolain	virolaizõd
genitive	virolaizõ	virolaisiijõ, virolaisii
partitive	virolaissõ	virolaisiitõ, virolaisii
illative	virolaisõ, virolaisõsõ	virolaisiisõ
inessive	virolaizõz	virolaisiiz
elative	virolaizõssõ	virolaisiissõ
allative	virolaizõlõ	virolaisiilõ
adessive	virolaizõllõ	virolaisiillõ
ablative	virolaizõltõ	virolaisiiltõ
translative	virolaizõssi	virolaisiissi
*) 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