atrāitanai

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Livonian

Etymology

From atrāita (“widower”) +‎ nai (“woman”). The former a borrowing from Latvian atraitne.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

atrāitanai

  1. widow

Usage notes

LEL recommends using the inherited term lešknai. Alternative elative (atrāitanaistõ) and inessive (atrāitanaisõ or atrāitanais) forms are possible in type 191. This type contains one word besides nai – tuoi.

Declension

Declension of atrāitanai (191)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) atrāitanai atrāitanaizt
genitive (genitīv) atrāitanaiz atrāitanaizt
partitive (partitīv) atrāitanāizta atrāitanaiži
dative (datīv) atrāitanaizõn atrāitanaiztõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) atrāitanaizõks atrāitanaiztkõks
illative (illatīv) atrāitanaizõ atrāitanaižiz
inessive (inesīv) atrāitanaizõs atrāitanaižis
elative (elatīv) atrāitanaizõst atrāitanaižist

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Seppo Suhonen (1973), Die jungen lettischen Lehnwörter im Livischen, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
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