izā
See also: Appendix:Variations of "iza"
Livonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *icä. Cognate with Finnish isä, Estonian isa, Northern Sami áhcci and Hungarian ős.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]izā
- father
- 2012–2013, “izā”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:
- izā pierrõ
- to be the spitting image of one's father
- (literally, “after father”)
- 2012–2013, “izā”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][5], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:
- ta lǟb eņtš izā riekkõ
- he is following in his father's footsteps
- (literally, “he is going his father's path”)
Declension
[edit]| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | izā | izād |
| genitive (genitīv) | izā | izād |
| partitive (partitīv) | i’zzõ | i’žḑi |
| dative (datīv) | izān | izādõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | izāks | izādõks |
| illative (illatīv) | i’zzõ | izīž |
| inessive (inesīv) | izās | izīs |
| elative (elatīv) | izāst | izīst |