Īra joug
Livonian
Etymology
The name of the river should be linked with Livonian īrva, īra (“doe, female deer”) (compare Estonian hirv, hirbe). This is one of the first toponyms of a place populated by Livonians to be attested – in 1290 as aquam, quae Yrva dicitur.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːrɑ.jouɡ/
Proper noun
Īra jo'ug
- River Irbe, Lielirbe
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Īra joug – Īra jõgi – Irbes upe
- River Irbe – River Irbe – River Irbe
- Īra joug – Īra jõgi – Irbes upe
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | Īra joug | – |
| genitive (genitīv) | Īra joug | – |
| partitive (partitīv) | Īra jougõ | – |
| dative (datīv) | Īra jougõn | – |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | Īra jougkõks | – |
| illative (illatīv) | Īra jougõ | – |
| inessive (inesīv) | Īra jougsõ Īra jougs |
– |
| elative (elatīv) | Īra jougstõ Īra jougst |
– |
References
- ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 216