enipäive
Votic
Etymology
eni- + päive. The initial part is derived from Proto-Finnic *enä (“large, big”), as a calque of Russian вели́к-день (velík-denʹ).
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈeniˌpæi̯væ/, [ˈeniˌpæi̯və]
- Rhymes: -æi̯væ
- Hyphenation: e‧ni‧päi‧ve
Noun
enipäive
- Easter
Inflection
| Declension of päive (type VIII/päive, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | enipäive | enipäived |
| genitive | enipäivä | enipäivije, enipäivi |
| partitive | enipäivä | enipäivite, enipäivi |
| illative | enipäivä, enipäiväse | enipäivije, enipäivise |
| inessive | enipäivez | enipäiviz |
| elative | enipäivesse | enipäivisse |
| allative | enipäivele | enipäivile |
| adessive | enipäivelle | enipäiville |
| ablative | enipäivelte | enipäivilte |
| translative | enipäivessi | enipäivissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “enipäivä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn