vaía

Radestrian

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian vaíra, from Old Radestrian laijra, inherited from Proto-Radic *laiɣor, from *lıēr (“fifth”) + *-ɣor (augmentative), equivalent to vjeiș + -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈiːa/
• Rhyme: -iːa ⁽¹⁷⁾
• Syllabification: va–í–a

Noun

vaía inan (countable, genitive singular vaijusk, nominative plural vaijore, relational adjective vaijuș)

1. (in-world) The fifth day of the thirteenth Laefevo-Radestrian month, dzestasans, which only exists during leap years, equivalent to the Gregorian day of March 18 on leap years.
2. leap day (extra day intercalated into a year)

Usage notes

• Thirteenth-month-specific words for days of the week must still be used with the month, i.e. vaía dzestaseng; vaía on its own cannot be used to mean March 18.
  • When used to mean leap day, however, it may be used on its own: Ý vaijust gjelýdzei. (I was born on a leap day.)
• The second sense may refer both to an in-world leap day (the equivalent of March 18) and an out-of-world leap day (February 29).

Declension

Declension of vaía (light, irregular△)
		singular	plural
nominative		vaía△ /vaˈiːa/	vaijore /ˈvaijɔrɛ/
vocative		vaijose /ˈvaijɔsɛ/
genitive	proper	vaijusk /ˈvaijɤsk/	vaijoris /ˈvaijɔris/
	constructive		vaijus /ˈvaijɤs/
dative		vaijun /ˈvaijɤn/	vaijorín /ˈvaijɔriːn/
accusative		vaijust /ˈvaijɤst/	vaijorid /ˈvaijɔrid/
instrumental		vaijovúr /ˈvaijɔvuːr/	vaijoríe /ˈvaijɔriːɛ/

See also

Days of the week in Radestrian · dvuoðe ag arieng / lièng

Laefevo-Radestrian week (in world) · areans
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
workdays · ardestse				weekend · dzestasate
varyga	atía	liría	asedua	laía	valygdras	vanints – dzevans
asía			aía	vaía (leap day)		dzestasans
Gregorian week (out of world) · lians
workdays · ardestse					weekend · dzestasate
varyga	atía	liría	raldvuþs	asedua	laía	valygdras
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday