rištīng

Livonian

Etymology

From rišt (cross) +‎ -īng, cf, rištõbnim, rištõdnim (christened name).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriʃtiːnɡ/, [ˈriʃt̪iːŋɡ̥]

Noun

rištīng

  1. person

Declension

Declension of rištīng (157)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) rištīng
genitive (genitīv) rištīng
partitive (partitīv) rištīngt
dative (datīv) rištīngõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) rištīngõks
illative (illatīv) rištīngõ
inessive (inesīv) rištīngõs
elative (elatīv) rištīngõst

This is the only known suppletive noun in Livonian; the plural forms are either rovzt (type 212) or from rovd instead of expected *rištīngt.

Synonyms

  • äbrištīng
  • biktrištīng
  • partijrištīng
  • rištīngārmastimi
  • rištīngläpš
  • rištīngsēji
  • rištīngsīezõr
  • rištīngtīe
  • tīerištīng

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “rištīng”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra