верьгиз
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Erzya
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mordvinic *vərgas, cognate with Moksha върьгаз (vəŕgaz). The Mordvinic word was likely borrowed from an Indo-Iranian source, compare Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]верьгиз • (veŕgiz)
- wolf
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 21:
- Pelede kengeleź proroktnede, konat syt tynenk reveń oďožaso, a potsost ulit salytśa vergezet.
- Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
Declension
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