Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *virta.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvirtɑ/, [ˈvʲirtə̠]
  • Rhymes: -irtɑ
  • Hyphenation: vir‧tõ

Noun

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virtõ

  1. current, flow, stream

Inflection

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Declension of virtõ (type III/jalkõ, rt-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative virtõ virrõd
genitive virra virtojõ, virtoi
partitive virta virtoitõ, virtoi
illative virtasõ, virta virtoisõ
inessive virrõz virtoiz
elative virrõssõ virtoissõ
allative virrõlõ virtoilõ
adessive virrõllõ virtoillõ
ablative virrõltõ virtoiltõ
translative virrõssi virtoissi
*) 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) “virta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn