tühje

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *tühjä.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtyhjæ/, [ˈtʲyhʝə̟]
  • Rhymes: -yhjæ
  • Hyphenation: tüh‧je

Adjective[edit]

tühje

  1. empty
  2. unnecessary, needless

Inflection[edit]

Declension of tühje (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tühje tühjed
genitive tühjä tühjije, tühjii
partitive tühjä tühjiite, tühjii
illative tühjäse, tühjä tühjiise
inessive tühjez tühjiiz
elative tühjesse tühjiisse
allative tühjele tühjiile
adessive tühjelle tühjiille
ablative tühjelte tühjiilte
translative tühjessi tühjiissi
*) 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[edit]

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