yelacen

Volapük

Etymology

From yel (“year”) +‎ -a (“genitive ending”) +‎ cen (“change”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jelaˈt͡ʃen/

Noun

yelacen (nominative plural yelacens)

  1. turn of the year
    • 1957 January, F. J. Krüger, "Lio spetid e plak Volapüka binons-li? (Vödem redaka)", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, issue 1, 1.
      Pötü yelacen lofobs reidanes lestüumik[sic] obsik vipis gudikün obas.
      On the occasion of the turn of the year, we offer our esteemed readers our best wishes.

Declension

Declension of yelacen
singular plural
nominative yelacen yelacens
genitive yelacena yelacenas
dative yelacene yelacenes
accusative yelaceni yelacenis
vocative 1 o yelacen! o yelacens!
predicative 2 yelacenu yelacenus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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