alfavitta

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian алфавит (alfavit), from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlfɑʋitːɑ/, [ˈɑɫfəʋĭtː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlfɑʋitːɑ/, [ˈɑɫfɑˌʋitːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlfɑʋitː, -itːɑ
• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧vit‧ta

Noun

alfavitta

1. alphabet
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Näitä bukvoja sentää kutsutaa latinoituiks bukvoiks, tali latinisoituks alfavitaks.

     These letters are therefore called latin letters, or the latin alphabet.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 35:

     Bukvoja täs porjatkaas saotaa alfavitaks.

     The letters in this sequence they call the alphabet.

Declension

Declension of alfavitta (type 3/kana, tt-t gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	alfavitta	alfavitat
genitive	alfavitan	alfavittoin
partitive	alfavittaa	alfavittoja
illative	alfavittaa	alfavittoi
inessive	alfavitas	alfavitois
elative	alfavitast	alfavitoist
allative	alfavitalle	alfavitoille
adessive	alfavital	alfavitoil
ablative	alfavitalt	alfavitoilt
translative	alfavitaks	alfavitoiks
essive	alfavittanna, alfavittaan	alfavittoinna, alfavittoin
exessive1)	alfavittant	alfavittoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.