rautõn

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Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rautainën.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rautõn

  1. iron (made of iron)
    • 1787–1789, Peter Simon Pallas, “183. Латы”, in Сравнительные словари всех языков и наречий‚ собранных десницею всевысочайшей особы. Отделение первое, содержащее в себе европейские и азиатские языки (in Middle Russian):
      Ра́ута́зацѣвать.
      [Rautõzad sõvad.]
      Ráutázacjěvatʹ.
      Armor.
      (literally, “Iron clothes.”)

Inflection

Declension of rautõn (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rautõn rautõzõd
genitive rautõzõ rautõsiijõ, rautõsii
partitive rautõssõ rautõsiitõ, rautõsii
illative rautõsõ, rautõsõsõ rautõsiisõ
inessive rautõzõz rautõsiiz
elative rautõzõssõ rautõsiissõ
allative rautõzõlõ rautõsiilõ
adessive rautõzõllõ rautõsiillõ
ablative rautõzõltõ rautõsiiltõ
translative rautõzõssi rautõsiissi
*) 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) “rautanõ”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn