õsa

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *osa.

Pronunciation

Noun

õsa

  1. part
  2. share

Numeral

õsa

  1. Used to form fractions; following an ordinal number, means "(one) Nth".

Inflection

Declension of õsa (type V/poikõ, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative õsa õzad
genitive õza õsijõ, õsii
partitive õssa õsiitõ, õsii
illative õssasõ, õssa õsiisõ
inessive õzaz õsiiz
elative õzassõ õsiissõ
allative õzalõ õsiilõ
adessive õzallõ õsiillõ
ablative õzaltõ õsiiltõ
translative õzassi õsiissi
*) 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) “õsa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn