soomuz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soomus.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsoːmuz/, [ˈsoːmuz̥]
  • Rhymes: -oːmuz̥
  • Hyphenation: soo‧muz

Noun

soomuz

  1. (usually in the plural) scale (on a fish)

Inflection
Declension of soomuz (type XI/jänez, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative soomuz soomusõd
genitive soomusõ soomusije, soomusijõ, soomusi
partitive soomussõ soomusita, soomusi
illative soomusesõ soomusije, soomusijõ, soomusisõ
inessive soomusõz soomusiz
elative soomusõssõ soomusissõ
allative soomusõlõõ soomusilõõ
adessive soomusõllõ soomusillõ
ablative soomusõltõ soomusiltõ
translative soomusõssi soomusissi
*) 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), “soomuz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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