мокшень

Moksha

Etymology

From мокша (mokša, “a Moksha person”) +‎ -е- (-e-, “[interfix]”) +‎ -нь (-ń, “[genitive suffix]”).

Noun

мокшень • (mokšəń)

1. singular genitive of мокша (mokša)

Noun

мокшень • (mokšəń)

1. Moksha language
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Эняльдян, ётафтость (ётафтк) мокшекс!

     Eńaľďan, jotaftosť (otaftk) mokšeks !

     Please (~ I would like to ask you), translate (you [pl.]) (translate (you [sg.])) [this] into [the] Moksha language!

Adjective

мокшень • (mokšəń)

1. Moksha (relating to or characteristic of the Moksha)

Usage notes

While morphologically a genitive form of мокша (mokša), Poljakov's books feature what appears to be a type of re-nominalization, wherein this inflected form is being further inflected: мокшеннеть (mokšenńeť) (singular definite genitive), мокшеннева (mokšenńeva) (prolative), мокшеннеса (mokšenńesa) (inessive). Only these attested forms are shown in the declension section above, the paradigm appears to be identical to that of the possessive pronoun монь (moń) (which is also a genitive morphologically).

Declension

Indefinite declension of мокшень

	singular	plural
nominative	мокшень (mokšeń)	—
genitive	—	—
dative	—	—
ablative	—	—
inessive	мокшеннеса (mokšenńesa)	—
elative	—	—
illative	—	—
prolative	мокшеннева (mokšenńeva)	—
comparative	—	—
translative	—	—
abessive	—	—
causative	—	—

Definite declension of мокшень

	singular	plural
nominative	—	—
genitive	мокшеннеть (mokšenńeť)	—
dative	—	—

Derived terms

• мокшень кяль (mokšeń käľ)