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voos (comparative vozer, superlative meest voos or voost)
Declension of voos | ||||
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uninflected | voos | |||
inflected | voze | |||
comparative | vozer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | voos | vozer | het voost het vooste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | voze | vozere | vooste |
n. sing. | voos | vozer | vooste | |
plural | voze | vozere | vooste | |
definite | voze | vozere | vooste | |
partitive | voos | vozers | — |
From Proto-Finnic *vooci. Possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *vatas-. Compare Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa, “year, (year-old) calf”). Cognate to Finnish vuosi (“year”).
voos (genitive voosi, partitive voosi)
Declension of voos (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | voos | voosid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | voosi | ||
genitive | vooside | ||
partitive | voosi | voose voosisid | |
illative | voosi voosisse |
voosidesse voosesse | |
inessive | voosis | voosides vooses | |
elative | voosist | voosidest voosest | |
allative | voosile | voosidele voosele | |
adessive | voosil | voosidel voosel | |
ablative | voosilt | voosidelt vooselt | |
translative | voosiks | voosideks vooseks | |
terminative | voosini | voosideni | |
essive | voosina | voosidena | |
abessive | voosita | voosideta | |
comitative | voosiga | voosidega |
From Proto-Finnic *vooci. Cognates include Finnish vuosi and Estonian voos.
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The irregular essive singular voonna, voon is also frequently used.
Declension of voos (type 5/vesi, oot-oovv gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | voos | voovvet |
genitive | voovven | voosiin, voosiloin |
partitive | vootta | voosia, voosiloja |
illative | vootee | voosii, voosiloihe |
inessive | voovvees | voosiis, voosilois |
elative | voovvest | voosist, voosiloist |
allative | voovvelle | voosille, voosiloille |
adessive | voovveel | voosiil, voosiloil |
ablative | voovvelt | voosilt, voosiloilt |
translative | voovveks | voosiks, voosiloiks |
essive | vootenna, vooteen | voosinna, voosiloinna, voosiin, voosiloin |
exessive1) | vootent | voosint, voosiloint |
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. |
(dialectal, rare)
Declension of voos (type 5/vesi, oot-ooj gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | voos | voojet |
genitive | voojen | voosiin, voosiloin |
partitive | vootta | voosia, voosiloja |
illative | vootee | voosii, voosiloihe |
inessive | voojees | voosiis, voosilois |
elative | voojest | voosist, voosiloist |
allative | voojelle | voosille, voosiloille |
adessive | voojeel | voosiil, voosiloil |
ablative | voojelt | voosilt, voosiloilt |
translative | voojeks | voosiks, voosiloiks |
sessive | vootenna, vooteen | voosinna, voosiin, voosiloinna, voosiloin |
exessive1) | vootent | voosint, voosiloint |
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. |
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