минь

See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *miń, inherited from Proto-Uralic *me (+ *-nɜ). Cognates include Moksha минь (miń), Finnish me, Estonian meie, Lule Sami mij, Western Mari мӓ (mä), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets маняˮ (manyaq).

Pronoun

минь • (miń)

1. (first person plural) we

   Ёвтак, вечкевиксэм, зярдо минь нетяно одов?

   Jovtak, večkeviksëm, źardo miń neťano odov?

   Say honey, when will we see each other again?

See also

Erzya personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	мон (mon)	минь (miń)
2nd person	тон (ton)	тынь (tïń)
3rd person	сон (son)	сынь (sïń)

Moksha

Etymology

Of Proto-Uralic [Term?] origin. Cognates include Erzya минь (miń), Northern Sami mī, Finnish me, Eastern Mari ме (me), Western Mari мӓ (mä), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets маняˮ (manyaq), Northern Selkup ме (mje).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲinʲ/

Pronoun

минь • (miń)

1. plural nominative of мон (mon)
2. plural genitive of мон (mon)

Pronoun

минь • (miń)

1. (first person plural) we

Declension

Indefinite declension of минь

	singular	plural
nominative	мон (mon)	минь (miń)
genitive	монь (moń)	минь (miń)
dative	тейне (tejne)	тейнек (tejnek)
ablative	мондедон (mondedon)	миндедонк (mindedonk)
inessive	моньцон (mońcon)	миньцонк (mińconk)
elative	моньцтон (mońcton)	миньцтонк (mińctonk)
illative	—	—
prolative	—	—
comparative	моньшкан (mońškan)	миньшканк (mińškank)
translative	—	—
abessive	моньфтемон (mońftemon)	миньфтемонк (mińftemonk)
causative	—	—

The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (moń inkson, “because of me”) for causative.

Definite declension of минь

	singular	plural
nominative	монць (monć)	минць (minć)
genitive	монцень (monceń)	минцень (minceń)
dative	—	—

Pronoun

минь • (miń)

1. (first person plural possessive) our

Declension

Indefinite declension of минь

	singular	plural
nominative	—	миннет (minnet)
genitive	минь (miń)	—
dative	—	—
ablative	миннеда (minneda)	—
inessive	миннеса (minnesa)	—
elative	миннеста (minnesta)	—
illative	миннес (minnes)	—
prolative	миннева (minneva)	—
comparative	миннешка (minneška)	—
translative	миннекс (minneks)	—
abessive	миннефтома (minneftoma)	—
causative	минненкса (minnenksa)	—

Definite declension of минь

	singular	plural
nominative	миннесь (minneś)	миннетне (minnetne)
genitive	миннеть (minneť)	миннетнень (minnetneń)
dative	миннети (minneti)	миннетненди (minnetnendi)

Derived terms

• минцень (minceń)

Further reading

• Indefinite and definite paradigms of минь (miń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19
• Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (moń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠮᠢᠨᠢ (mini)	минь (minʹ)

Etymology

Inherited from postposed Classical Mongolian ᠮᠢᠨᠤ (minu, “my”) and Middle Mongol ᠮᠢᠨᠤ (minu, “my”). Doublet of preposed миний (minii, “my”).

Compare Khamnigan Mongol -мини (-mini); Buryat postvocalic -мни (-mni), -м (-m), postconsonantal -ни (-ni); Kalmyk -м (-m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (postconsonantal) [mɪn], (postvocalic) [mɪ̆n]
• Hyphenation: минь

Particle

минь • (minʹ)

1. Marks the first-person singular possession.

   ээж минь ― eež minʹ ― my mum

   эх оронд минь ― ex orond minʹ ― in my motherland

Usage notes

• As a possessive particle, минь (minʹ) is always placed after case endings and postpositions.
• Structurally unlike in Buryat or Turkic, additional modification of [substantive] минь with determiner миний is invalid. Therefore, a first-person plural possession in Mongolian may only be formed as миний [substantive] or [substantive] минь.

See also

• маань (maanʹ), чинь (činʹ), тань (tanʹ), нь (nʹ)
• -аа (-aa), -гаа (-gaa), -оо (-oo), -гоо (-goo), -ээ (-ee), -гээ (-gee), -өө (-öö), -гөө (-göö)