kuivus

Ingrian

Etymology

From kuiva (dry) + -us. Akin to Finnish kuivuus.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkui̯ʋus/, [ˈkui̯ʋŭz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkui̯ʋus/, [ˈkui̯ʋuʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ui̯ʋus
  • Hyphenation: kui‧vus

Noun

kuivus (uncountable)

  1. dryness

Declension

Declension of kuivus (type 2/oikehus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kuivus
genitive kuivuen
partitive kuivutta
illative kuivuee
inessive kuivuees
elative kuivuest
allative kuivuelle
adessive kuivueel
ablative kuivuelt
translative kuivueks
essive kuivuenna, kuivueen
exessive1) kuivuent
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57
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