varain

varain

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varahainën.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑrɑi̯n/, [ˈvɑrɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: va‧rain

Adjective

varain

  1. early

Inflection

Declension of varain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative varain varaizõd
genitive varaizõ varaisijõ
partitive varaissõ varaisiit
illative varaisõ, varaisõsõ varaisiisõ
inessive varaizõz varaisiiz
elative varaizõss varaisiiss
allative varaizõllõ varaisiillõ
adessive varaizõll varaisiill
ablative varaizõlt varaisiilt
translative varaizõssi varaisiissi
*) 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.
For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “varain”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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