nõdrõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nëtra.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnɤdrɑ/, [ˈnɤdrə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɤdrɑ
  • Hyphenation: nõd‧rõ

Adjective

nõdrõ

  1. weak, frail
  2. flexible
  3. watery, thin

Inflection

Declension of nõdrõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nõdrõ nõdrõd
genitive nõdra nõdrojõ, nõdroi
partitive nõdra nõdroitõ, nõdroi
illative nõdrasõ, nõdra nõdroisõ
inessive nõdrõz nõdroiz
elative nõdrõssõ nõdroissõ
allative nõdrõlõ nõdroilõ
adessive nõdrõllõ nõdroillõ
ablative nõdrõltõ nõdroiltõ
translative nõdrõssi nõdroissi
*) 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), “nõdra”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn