izā
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *icä, from Proto-Uralic *ićä. Cognate with Finnish isä, Estonian isa, Northern Sámi áhcci and Hungarian ős.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /izɑː/
Noun
izā
- father
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- izā pierrõ
- to be the spitting image of one's father (lit. "after father")
- ma neiz eņtš izzõ unsõ
- I saw my father in a dream
- mēg izāks keimõ miersõ
- me and my father were going to sea (lit. "we with father...")
- mēg mǟdlõm eņtš ižḑi
- we remember our fathers
- ta lǟb eņtš izā riekkõ
- he is following in his father's footsteps (lit. "he is going his father's path")
- izā pierrõ
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | izā | izād |
| genitive (genitīv) | izā | izād |
| partitive (partitīv) | izzõ | ižḑi |
| dative (datīv) | izān | izādõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | izāks | izādõks |
| illative (illatīv) | izzõ | izīž |
| inessive (inesīv) | izās | izīs |
| elative (elatīv) | izāst | izīst |