teräve

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teräbä.

Pronunciation

Adjective

teräve

  1. sharp
  2. clever, astute

Inflection

Declension of teräve (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative teräve teräved
genitive terävä terävije, terävii
partitive terävä teräviite, terävii
illative teräväse, terävä teräviise
inessive terävez teräviiz
elative terävesse teräviisse
allative terävele teräviile
adessive terävelle teräviille
ablative terävelte teräviilte
translative terävessi teräviissi
*) 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) “terävä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn