личнай

Moksha

Etymology

Evidently borrowed from Russian ли́чный (líčnyj, “personal”), from лицо́ (licó, “face; person”).

Morphologically from личн (ľičn) +‎ -ай (-aj) — a common Moksha adaptation of Russian -ый (-yj, “[adjective forming suffix]”).

Adjective

личнай • (ľičnaj)

1. (grammar) personal
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 94

     Личные местоимения — Личнай местоимениятне

     Ľičnije mestojimeńija — Ľičnaj mestojimeńijatńe

     Personal pronouns [in Russian] — Personal pronouns

Usage notes

This term is used in relation to grammatical concepts, in other cases эсь (eś, “one's own”), монцень (monćeń, “my private”), тонцень (tonćeń, “your private”), etc., are used.

Declension

Definite declension of личнай

	singular	plural
nominative	личнайсь (ľičnajś)	личнайхне (ľičnajhńe)
genitive	личнайть (ľičnajť)	личнайхнень (ľičnajhńeń)
dative	личнайти (ľičnajťi)	личнайхненди (ľičnajhńenďi)