vargõz

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vargas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vargõz

  1. thief

Inflection

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Declension of vargõz (type XIV/ammõz, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative vargõz varkad
genitive varka varkajõ, varkai
partitive vargõssõ varkaitõ, varkai
illative varkasõ, varka varkaisõ
inessive varkaz varkaiz
elative varkassõ varkaissõ
allative varkalõ varkailõ
adessive varkallõ varkaillõ
ablative varkaltõ varkailtõ
translative varkassi varkaissi
*) 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

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