-ы

See also: ы, ꙑ, Ы, and Appendix:Variations of "i"

Moksha

Etymology

Perhaps related to Finnish -ja, Estonian -ja, Livonian -ji, e.g., jūoji (“drinker”).

Suffix

-ы • (-i)

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

     ваны, аралай (наблюдатель)

     van i , aralaj (nabľudaťeľ)

     observer (observer [in Russian])

Declension

Definite declension of -ы

	singular	plural
nominative	-ысь (-iś)	-ыхне (-ihńe)
genitive	-ыть (-iť)	-ыхнень (-ihńeń)
dative	-ыти (-iťi)	-ыхненди (-ihńenďi)

Derived terms

Moksha terms suffixed with -ы