тердемс

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťeŕďəms, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tirdi- (whence Latvian tirt (“(to) question, interrogate”), Lithuanian tìrti (“learn, find out; search; examine”), tirdīt (“badger, interrogate persistently; disturb, curse, persuade”)).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

тердемс • (ťerďems) (present терди, past тердсь)

  1. to call sb, ask sb (to dance etc.)
    • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎[1], page 213:
      Пилатъ же, тердиньзе Архіерейтнень и начальниктнень народонть гакъ.
      Pilat že, ťerďińźe Arhіeŕejtńeń i načaľńiktńeń narodonť gak.
      Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people.
  2. to invite sb

References[edit]

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тердемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  1. ^ Riho Grünthal. Baltic loanwords in Mordvin, p. 335
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