изи

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈzi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: изи

Adjective

изи • (izi) (comparative изирак, superlative эн изи)

1. small, little
2. young, little, small
3. short, little, not tall
4. narrow
5. shallow, not deep
6. weak, gentle, light
7. short, not long
8. little, small (not having many members or elements)
9. insignificant, unimportant
10. (derogatory) petty

Noun

изи • (izi)

1. child, small child

Declension

Declension of изи

		singular	plural
nominative		изи (izi)	изи-влак (izi-vlak)
accusative		изим (izim)	изи-влакым (izi-vlakym)
genitive		изин (izin)	изи-влакын (izi-vlakyn)
dative		изилан (izilan)	изи-влаклан (izi-vlaklan)
comitative		изиге (izige)	изи-влакге (izi-vlakge)
comparative		изила (izila)	изи-влакла (izi-vlakla)
inessive		изиште (izište)	изи-влакыште (izi-vlakyšte)
illative	short	изиш (iziš)	изи-влакыш (izi-vlakyš)
	long	изишке (iziške)	изи-влакышке (izi-vlakyške)
lative		изиэш (izieš)	изи-влакеш (izi-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of изи

	singular	plural
1st person	изиэм (iziem)	изина (izina)
2nd person	изиэт (iziet)	изида (izida)
3rd person	изиже (iziže)	изишт (izišt)

Derived terms

nouns

• изарня (izarńa)

phrases

• тӱня изи (tüńa izi)

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023), “изи”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
• Abramova et al. ((Can we date this quote?)), “изи”, in Slovarʹ Marijskovo Jazyka [A Dictionary of the Mari Language], Yoshkar-Ola: Марийское книжное издательство

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English easy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈizʲɪ]

Adjective

и́зи • (ízi) (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) easy

Adverb

и́зи • (ízi)

1. (colloquial) easily, easy