nepsiä

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nepsedä. Cognates include Finnish nepseä and Votic nepsiä.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nepsiä (comparative nepsiämp)

  1. damp, moist

Declension

Declension of nepsiä (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nepsiä nepsiät
genitive nepsiän nepsiöin
partitive nepsiää nepsiöjä
illative nepsiää nepsiöihe
inessive nepsiääs nepsiöis
elative nepsiäst nepsiöist
allative nepsiälle nepsiöille
adessive nepsiääl nepsiöil
ablative nepsiält nepsiöilt
translative nepsiäks nepsiöiks
essive nepsiännä, nepsiään nepsiöinnä, nepsiöin
exessive1) nepsiänt nepsiöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 339

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nepsä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnepsiæ̯/,
  • Rhymes: -epsiæ̯
  • Hyphenation: nep‧siä

Adjective

nepsiä

  1. damp, moist

Inflection

Declension of nepsiä (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nepsiä nepsiäd
genitive nepsiä nepseije, nepsei
partitive nepsiäte nepseite, nepsei
illative nepsiäse, nepsiä nepseise
inessive nepsiäz nepseiz
elative nepsiässe nepseisse
allative nepsiäle nepseile
adessive nepsiälle nepseille
ablative nepsiälte nepseilte
translative nepsiässi nepseissi
*) 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) “nepsiä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn