Pitrõg

Livonian

Etymology

Historically Pudteraggen – Latvian Pitrags, Livonian Pitrõg. According to V. Kiprasky this term might be a compound of põddõrz (moose, elk) +‎ aigā (coast, edge) and ⟨u⟩ in 16th century writing could reflect Latvian pronunciation of the term. In Livonian itself a shift õ > ü > i could have taken place. This is not without problems, however, as such a shift has taken place in the western dialect of Livonian, however, Pitrags is located within the area of the eastern dialect.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pitrəɡ/

Proper noun

Pitrõg

  1. Pitrags (a village in Courland, Latvia)

Usage notes

This term has open space locative forms: allative Pitrõgõlõ, adessive Pitrõgõl, ablative Pitrõgõld.

Declension

Declension of Pitrõg (159)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) Pitrõg
genitive (genitīv) Pitrõg
partitive (partitīv) Pitrõgt
dative (datīv) Pitrõgõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) Pitrõgõks
illative (illatīv) Pitrõgõ
inessive (inesīv) Pitrõgs
elative (elatīv) Pitrõgst

References

  1. ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 220