tsʼélįah

South Slavey

Etymology

From tsʼélį (“lass”) +‎ -ah

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sʼɛ́.ɮĩ̀.à(h)]
  • Hyphenation: tsʼé‧lį‧ah

Noun

tsʼélįah (stem -tsʼélįah-)

  1. girl

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tsʼélįah (-tsʼélį́ah)
singular plural
1st person setsʼélį́ah naxetsʼélį́ah
2nd person netsʼélį́ah
3rd person 1) — gitsʼélį́ah
2) metsʼélį́ah gotsʼélį́ah
4th person yetsʼélį́ah
reflexive sp. ɂedetsʼélį́ah kedetsʼélį́ah
unsp. detsʼélį́ah
reciprocal — ɂełetsʼélį́ah
indefinite ɂetsʼélį́ah
areal gotsʼélį́ah

1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 17
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