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

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɤsi/, [ˈtɤsi]
  • 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 tõsije, tõsijõ, tõsi
partitive tõttõ tõsitõ, tõsi
illative tõttõ, tõttõsõ tõsije, tõsijõ, tõsisõ
inessive tõõz tõsiz
elative tõõssõ tõsissõ
allative tõõlõ tõsilõ
adessive tõõllõ tõsillõ
ablative tõõltõ tõsiltõ
translative tõõssi tõsissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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