верьгиз

Erzya

Верьгиз.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *vərgas, cognate with Moksha върьгаз (vəŕgaz). The Mordvinic word was likely borrowed from an Indo-Iranian source, compare Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos).

Noun

верьгиз • (veŕgiz)

1. wolf

   верьгизэсь эри вирьсэ ― veŕgizëś eŕi viŕsë ― [the] wolf lives in a forest

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 21:

     Pelede kengeleź proroktnede, konat syt tynenk reveń oďožaso, a potsost ulit salytśa vergezet.

     Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “верьгиз”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Keresztes, László (1986), Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.