lahsi

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapci.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhsi/, [ˈɫɑhsʲi]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhs/, [ˈɫɑhs]
• Rhymes: -ɑhsi, -ɑhs
• Hyphenation: lah‧si

Noun

lahsi

1. child

Inflection

Declension of lahsi (type X/tuli, hs-hz gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lahsi, lahs	lahzõd
genitive	lahzõ	lahsijõ, lahsii
partitive	lassõ	lahsiitõ, lahsii
illative	lahsõ, lahsõsõ	lahsiisõ
inessive	lahzõz	lahsiiz
elative	lahzõssõ	lahsiissõ
allative	lahzõlõ	lahsiilõ
adessive	lahzõllõ	lahsiillõ
ablative	lahzõltõ	lahsiiltõ
translative	lahzõssi	lahsiissi
*) 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), “lahsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn