enipäive

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Votic

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Etymology

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eni- +‎ päive. The initial part is derived from Proto-Finnic *enä (large, big), as a calque of Russian вели́к-день (velík-denʹ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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enipäive

  1. Easter

Inflection

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Declension of enipäive (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative enipäive enipäived
genitive enipäivä enipäivije, enipäivii
partitive enipäivä enipäiviite, enipäivii
illative enipäiväse, enipäivä enipäiviise
inessive enipäivez enipäiviiz
elative enipäivesse enipäiviisse
allative enipäivele enipäiviile
adessive enipäivelle enipäiviille
ablative enipäivelte enipäiviilte
translative enipäivessi enipäiviissi
*) 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.

Descendants

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  • Ingrian: Enipäivä

References

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