izā

See also: iza, Iza, izá, ižä, iza-, -iza, and -izà

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *icä, from Proto-Uralic *ićä. Cognate with Finnish isä, Estonian isa, Northern Sámi áhcci and Hungarian ős.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈizɑː/, [ˈizɑː]

Noun

izā

father
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “izā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
  izā pierrõ
  to be the spitting image of one's father (lit. "after father")
  
  ma neiz eņtš izzõ unsõ
  I saw my father in a dream
  
  mēg izāks keimõ miersõ
  me and my father were going to sea (lit. "we with father...")
  
  mēg mǟdlõm eņtš ižḑi
  we remember our fathers
  
  ta lǟb eņtš izā riekkõ
  he is following in his father's footsteps (lit. "he is going his father's path")

Declension

Declension of **izā** (25)
	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	izā	izād
genitive (genitīv)	izā	izād
partitive (partitīv)	i’zzõ	i’žḑi
dative (datīv)	izān	izādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	izāks	izādõks
illative (illatīv)	i’zzõ	izīž
inessive (inesīv)	izās	izīs
elative (elatīv)	izāst	izīst

Derived terms

izāmō

Related terms

References

Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “izā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra