varain

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varahainën.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑrɑi̯n/, [ˈvɑrɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: va‧rain

Adjective

varain

  1. early

Inflection

Declension of varain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative varain varaizõd
genitive varaizõ varaisiijõ, varaisii
partitive varaissõ varaisiitõ, varaisii
illative varaisõ, varaisõsõ varaisiisõ
inessive varaizõz varaisiiz
elative varaizõssõ varaisiissõ
allative varaizõlõ varaisiilõ
adessive varaizõllõ varaisiillõ
ablative varaizõltõ varaisiiltõ
translative varaizõssi varaisiissi
*) 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), “varain”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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