сэтьме

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Erzya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *säťmə~*śäťmə, wherein *-mə is a suffix (compare dialectal Moksha śäťav). Ultimately onomatopoeic, compare Erzya čať (“be quiet!”), чатьмонемс (čaťmońems, “to be quiet”).

First coined by bishop Damaskin in 1785 as сатьме (saťme).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

сэтьме • (seťme)

  1. silence, quiet, quietness
  2. peace
    Толстоень ине куваёвкс "Тюрема ды Сэтьме" ― Tolstojeń ińe kuvajovks " Ťuŕema di Seťme " ― Tolstoy's great novel "War and Peace"

Declension[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

сэтьме • (seťme)

  1. quiet
  2. meek
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 11:
      Talanovt setmet, seks synenst maksovi mastor
      Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth
  3. peacefull

References[edit]

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сэтьме”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
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