Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian верста (versta).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvirstɑ/, [ˈvʲirstə̠]
  • Rhymes: -irstɑ
  • Hyphenation: virs‧tõ

Noun

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virstõ

  1. verst (unit of length, around 1 066 meters)

Inflection

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Declension of virstõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative virstõ virstõd
genitive virsta virstojõ, virstoi
partitive virsta virstoitõ, virstoi
illative virstasõ, virsta virstoisõ
inessive virstõz virstoiz
elative virstõssõ virstoissõ
allative virstõlõ virstoilõ
adessive virstõllõ virstoillõ
ablative virstõltõ virstoiltõ
translative virstõssi virstoissi
*) 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) “virsta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn