virolain

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Ingrian

Etymology

From viro (“Estonians”) +‎ -lain. Akin to Finnish virolainen and Votic virolain.

Pronunciation

Noun

virolain

  1. Estonian (person of Estonian ethnicity)
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Territorialisest, oman elopaikan poolest, iƶorat ollaa soomalaisiin, venäläisiin, virolaisiin ja vadjalaisiin naapurinna.
      Territorially, according to own place of residence, Ingrians are neighbours to Finns, Russians, Estonians and Votes.

Declension

Declension of virolain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative virolain virolaiset
genitive virolaisen virolaisiin
partitive virolaista, virolaist virolaisia
illative virolaisee virolaisii
inessive virolaisees virolaisiis
elative virolaisest virolaisist
allative virolaiselle virolaisille
adessive virolaiseel virolaisiil
ablative virolaiselt virolaisilt
translative virolaiseks virolaisiks
essive virolaisenna, virolaiseen virolaisinna, virolaisiin
exessive1) virolaisent virolaisint
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.

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 669

Votic

Etymology

From viro +‎ -lain. Compare Finnish virolainen.

Pronunciation

Noun

virolain

  1. Estonian (person)

Inflection

Declension of virolain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative virolain virolaizõd
genitive virolaizõ virolaisiijõ, virolaisii
partitive virolaissõ virolaisiitõ, virolaisii
illative virolaisõ, virolaisõsõ virolaisiisõ
inessive virolaizõz virolaisiiz
elative virolaizõssõ virolaisiissõ
allative virolaizõlõ virolaisiilõ
adessive virolaizõllõ virolaisiillõ
ablative virolaizõltõ virolaisiiltõ
translative virolaizõssi virolaisiissi
*) 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
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