-ста

Moksha

Etymology

Perhaps related to Finnish -sta (elative suffix).

Suffix

-ста • (-sta)

1. elative suffix
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     отсюда — тяста

     otśuda — ťa sta

     from here [in Russian] — from here

Declension

Definite declension of -ста

	singular	plural
nominative	-стось (-stoś)	-стотне (-stotńe)
genitive	-стоть (-stoť)	-стотнень (-stotńeń)
dative	-стоти (-stoťi)	-стотненди (-stotńenďi)

Derived terms

Moksha terms suffixed with -ста

References

• Definite paradigm of паксяста (pakśasta) in Cygankin, D. V. (1980) Grammatika mordovskix jazykov. Fonetika, grafika, orfografija, morfologija [Mordvinic grammar] (in Russian), Saransk, page 228