sukulain

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sukulainën, equivalent to suku (family) +‎ -lain. Cognates include Finnish sukulainen and Estonian sugulane.

Pronunciation

Noun

sukulain

  1. relative

Declension

Declension of sukulain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sukulain sukulaiset
genitive sukulaisen sukulaisiin
partitive sukulaista, sukulaist sukulaisia
illative sukulaisee sukulaisii
inessive sukulaisees sukulaisiis
elative sukulaisest sukulaisist
allative sukulaiselle sukulaisille
adessive sukulaiseel sukulaisiil
ablative sukulaiselt sukulaisilt
translative sukulaiseks sukulaisiks
essive sukulaisenna, sukulaiseen sukulaisinna, sukulaisiin
exessive1) sukulaisent sukulaisint
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.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 541

Votic

Etymology

From suku +‎ -lain.

Pronunciation

Noun

sukulain

  1. relative

Inflection

Declension of sukulain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sukulain sukulaizõd
genitive sukulaizõ sukulaisiijõ, sukulaisii
partitive sukulaissõ sukulaisiitõ, sukulaisii
illative sukulaisõ, sukulaisõsõ sukulaisiisõ
inessive sukulaizõz sukulaisiiz
elative sukulaizõssõ sukulaisiissõ
allative sukulaizõlõ sukulaisiilõ
adessive sukulaizõllõ sukulaisiillõ
ablative sukulaizõltõ sukulaisiiltõ
translative sukulaizõssi sukulaisiissi
*) 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