seltše
Votic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *selkä.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seltše
- back (of body or object)
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of seltše (type VIII/päive, lk-ll gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | seltše | selled |
| genitive | sellä | seltšije, seltšii |
| partitive | seltšä | seltšiite, seltšii |
| illative | seltšäse, seltšä | seltšiise |
| inessive | sellez | seltšiiz |
| elative | sellesse | seltšiisse |
| allative | sellele | seltšiile |
| adessive | sellelle | seltšiille |
| ablative | sellelte | seltšiilte |
| translative | sellessi | seltšiissi |
| *) 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
[edit]- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “seltšä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn