viholain

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Ingrian

Etymology

From viho- (rage) +‎ -lain. Akin to Finnish viholainen.

Pronunciation

Noun

viholain

  1. enemy, foe
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:
      Ympäriil on viholain!
      The enemy is around !

Declension

Declension of viholain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative viholain viholaiset
genitive viholaisen viholaisiin
partitive viholaista, viholaist viholaisia
illative viholaisee viholaisii
inessive viholaisees viholaisiis
elative viholaisest viholaisist
allative viholaiselle viholaisille
adessive viholaiseel viholaisiil
ablative viholaiselt viholaisilt
translative viholaiseks viholaisiks
essive viholaisenna, viholaiseen viholaisinna, viholaisiin
exessive1) viholaisent viholaisint
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 666

Votic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ingrian viholain.

Pronunciation

Noun

viholain

  1. enemy

Inflection

Declension of viholain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative viholain viholaizõd
genitive viholaizõ viholaisiijõ, viholaisii
partitive viholaissõ viholaisiitõ, viholaisii
illative viholaisõ, viholaisõsõ viholaisiisõ
inessive viholaizõz viholaisiiz
elative viholaizõssõ viholaisiissõ
allative viholaizõlõ viholaisiilõ
adessive viholaizõllõ viholaisiillõ
ablative viholaizõltõ viholaisiiltõ
translative viholaizõssi viholaisiissi
*) 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) “viholain”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn