tõsi

See also: tosi, tosí, tósi, and tôi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toci. Cognate with Finnish tosi.

Noun

tõsi (genitive tõe, partitive tõtt)

  1. truth

Inflection

Derived terms

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toci.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɤsi/, [ˈtɤsʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ɤsi
  • Hyphenation: tõ‧si

Adjective

tõsi

  1. true

Usage notes

When this adjective is used attributively, the nominative singular form is (chiefly) used. When it is used predicatively, the partitive singular form is used.

Inflection

All other forms except the nominative and partitive singular forms are rare and are only practically used as adverbs; see the usage notes.

Declension of tõsi (type X/tuli, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative tõsi tõõd
genitive tõõ tõsijõ, tõsii
partitive tõttõ tõsiitõ, tõsii
illative tõttõ, tõttõsõ tõsiisõ
inessive tõõz tõsiiz
elative tõõssõ tõsiissõ
allative tõõlõ tõsiilõ
adessive tõõllõ tõsiillõ
ablative tõõltõ tõsiiltõ
translative tõõssi tõsiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), tõsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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