tsīļ

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *siili. The initial t- appears to be prothetic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsiːʎ/, [ˈt̪siːʎ]

Noun

tsīļ

  1. hedgehog

Declension

Declension of tsīļ (132)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) tsīļ tsīļõd
genitive (genitīv) tsīļ tsīļõd
partitive (partitīv) tsīļõ tsīļidi
dative (datīv) tsīļõn tsīļõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) tsīļõks tsīļõdõks
illative (illatīv) tsīļõ tsīļiž
inessive (inesīv) tsīļšõ tsīļis
elative (elatīv) tsīļštõ tsīļist

References

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