esimein

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Votic

Votic numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: ühs
    Ordinal: esimein

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic . Compare Finnish ensimmäinen.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈesimei̯n/,
  • Rhymes: -esimei̯n
  • Hyphenation: e‧si‧mein

Adjective

esimein

  1. first

Inflection

Declension of esimein (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative esimein esimeized
genitive esimeize esimeizije, esimeizi
partitive esimeisse esimeizite, esimeizi
illative esimeize, esimeizese esimeizise
inessive esimeizez esimeiziz
elative esimeizesse esimeizisse
allative esimeizele esimeizile
adessive esimeizelle esimeizille
ablative esimeizelte esimeizilte
translative esimeizessi esimeizissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn