эрзя
Erzya
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Etymology
[edit]There are at least two hypotheses regarding the origin of the word:
- The first element эр- (er-) or эрь- (eŕ-) is from Proto-Uralic *irkä or *ürkä (“man, son, boy”), whence Hungarian -ar in magyar (“Hungarian”), Eastern Mari эрге (erge, “son, boy”) and Finnish yrkä (“groom”), yrkö (“man”).
- The word derived from Proto-Mordvinic *eŕams (“to live”); compare Erzya эряза (eŕaza), Moksha (j)äŕaza (“lively”).[1] However, *eŕams itself may be related to *irkä ~ *ürkä.
In the both cases -зя (-źa) may be a noun-forming suffix (from Proto-Mordvinic *-za).
Noun
[edit]эрзя • (erźa)
- Erzya (a member of the ethnic group Erzya-Mordvin, closely related to the Moksha or Moksha-Mordvin).
- Erzya language (a Finno-Ugrian language).
Declension
[edit]| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
эрзя (erźa) | эрзят (erźat) |
| genitive (of ...) |
эрзянь (erźań) | — |
| dative (to ...) |
эрзянень (erźaneń) | — |
| ablative (than ...) |
эрзядо (erźado) | — |
| inessive (in ...) |
эрзясо (erźaso) | — |
| elative (out of ...) |
эрзясто (erźasto) | — |
| illative (into ...) |
эрзяс (erźas) | — |
| prolative (through ...) |
эрзява (erźava) | — |
| translative (becoming ...) |
эрзякс (erźaks) | — |
| comparative (like ...) |
эрзяшка (erźaška) | — |
| abessive (without ...) |
эрзявтомо (erźavtomo) | — |
Synonyms
[edit]- эрзянь кель (erźań keľ) (Erzya language)
- эрзя ломань (erźa lomań) (Erzya person)