seltše

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *selkä.

Pronunciation

Noun

seltše

  1. back (of body or object)

Inflection

Declension of seltše (type VIII/päive, lk-ll gradation)
singular plural
nominative seltše selled
genitive sellä seltšije, seltšii
partitive seltšä seltšiite, seltšii
illative seltšäse, seltšä seltšiise
inessive sellez seltšiiz
elative sellesse seltšiisse
allative sellele seltšiile
adessive sellelle seltšiille
ablative sellelte seltšiilte
translative sellessi seltšiissi
*) 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) “seltšä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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