-нь

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See also: нь, нъ, and њ

Moksha

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *-n (genitive suffix). Related to Erzya -нь (), Finnish -n.

Suffix

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-нь ()

  1. genitive suffix
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      дамский — авань
      damskij — ava ń
      ladylike, ladies' [in Russian] — ladylike, ladies'
      женский — авань
      ženskij — ava ń
      female, women's [in Russian] — female, women's

Usage notes

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Although genitive is an inflected form in its own right, when used as a stand-alone adjective or as an attributive noun, further inflection has been documented, see, for example, мокшень (mokšeń).

Declension

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Derived terms

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