ravad

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Votic

Alternative forms

  • rapa (Jõgõperä, Mati)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rapa.

Pronunciation

Noun

ravad

  1. dregs

Inflection

Declension of ravad (type III/jalkõ, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative ravad
genitive rapojõ, rapoi
partitive rapoitõ, rapoi
illative rapoisõ
inessive rapoiz
elative rapoissõ
allative rapoilõ
adessive rapoillõ
ablative rapoiltõ
translative rapoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ravad”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn