ženihõ
Votic
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian жених (ženix).
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈʒenihɑ/, [ˈʒenihə], /ˈʒenixɑ/, [ˈʒenixə], /ʒeˈnixɑ/, [ʒeˈnixɑ]
- Rhymes: -enihɑ, -enixɑ, -ixɑ
- Hyphenation: že‧ni‧hõ
Noun
ženihõ
- bridegroom
- fiancé
Inflection
| Declension of ženihõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ženihõ | ženihõd |
| genitive | ženiha | ženihoje, ženihojõ, ženihoi |
| partitive | ženiha | ženihoitõ, ženihoi |
| illative | ženiha, ženihasõ | ženihoje, ženihojõ, ženihoisõ |
| inessive | ženihõz | ženihoiz |
| elative | ženihassõ | ženihoissõ |
| allative | ženihalõõ | ženihoilõ |
| adessive | ženihallõ | ženihoillõ |
| ablative | ženihaltõ | ženihoiltõ |
| translative | ženihassi | ženihoissi |
| *) 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), “ženiha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn