jaani

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Votic

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “from Estonian jaan, jaanipäev?”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jaani

  1. Midsummer Day

Inflection

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Declension of jaani (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jaani jaanid
genitive jaani jaanijõ, jaanii
partitive jaania jaaniitõ, jaanii
illative jaanisõ, jaani jaaniisõ
inessive jaaniz jaaniiz
elative jaanissõ jaaniissõ
allative jaanilõ jaaniilõ
adessive jaanillõ jaaniillõ
ablative jaaniltõ jaaniiltõ
translative jaanissi jaaniissi
*) 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

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