positsia

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian позиция (pozicija).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈposiˌt͡siɑ/, [ˈpo̞s̠iˌt͡s̠iɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈposiˌt͡siɑ/, [ˈpo̞ʒ̥iˌt͡siɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation: po‧si‧tsi‧a

Noun

positsia

1. position
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8:

     Tämä vokaloin muuttumiin pitemmäks tali lyhhyemmäks rippuu siint positsiast, mihe vokala joutuu, rippuu sanan toisist äänist.

     This change of the vowels into longer or shorter depends on the position, where the vowel appears, depends on the other sounds of the word.

Declension

Declension of positsia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	positsia	positsiat
genitive	positsian	positsioin
partitive	positsiaa	positsioja
illative	positsiaa	positsioi
inessive	positsias	positsiois
elative	positsiast	positsioist
allative	positsialle	positsioille
adessive	positsial	positsioil
ablative	positsialt	positsioilt
translative	positsiaks	positsioiks
essive	positsianna, positsiaan	positsioinna, positsioin
exessive1)	positsiant	positsioint
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.