paraz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paras (“suitable, fitting”). The sense "best" is probably by influence from Ingrian or Finnish.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑz/, [ˈpɑrɑz̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: pa‧raz

Adjective

paraz

  1. suitable, fitting
  2. best

Inflection

Declension of paraz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative paraz parrad
genitive parra parrajõ, parrai
partitive parassõ parraitõ, parrai
illative parrasõ, parra parraisõ
inessive parraz parraiz
elative parrassõ parraissõ
allative parralõ parrailõ
adessive parrallõ parraillõ
ablative parraltõ parrailtõ
translative parrassi parraissi
*) 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

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