tuskain

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Votic

Etymology

tuskõ +‎ -in

Pronunciation

Adjective

tuskain

  1. sad, sorrowful

Inflection

Declension of tuskain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tuskain tuskaizõd
genitive tuskaizõ tuskaisiijõ, tuskaisii
partitive tuskaissõ tuskaisiitõ, tuskaisii
illative tuskaisõ, tuskaisõsõ tuskaisiisõ
inessive tuskaizõz tuskaisiiz
elative tuskaizõssõ tuskaisiissõ
allative tuskaizõlõ tuskaisiilõ
adessive tuskaizõllõ tuskaisiillõ
ablative tuskaizõltõ tuskaisiiltõ
translative tuskaizõssi tuskaisiissi
*) 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) “tuskain”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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