шелаш

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *śälä-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈlɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʃ
• Hyphenation: ше‧лаш

Verb

шелаш • (šelaš) (type I conjugation)

1. (intransitive) to break, to splinter, to split, to crack
2. to be hurt, to be injured (by an impact)
3. to chop, to split
4. (transitive) to separate, to divide
5. (transitive) to divide, to split up, to break
6. to hit, to strike, to hurt, to injure
7. (figuratively) to disrupt, to break (silence, darkness)
8. (figuratively) to shoot, to fire
9. (figuratively) to go hard at something, to do something intensely [with гына (gyna); or with веле (veĺe)]

   тудо шелеш веле - кушта

   tudo šeĺeš veĺe - kušta

   (s)he's dancing like mad

Conjugation

Conjugation of шелаш (šelaš)
	Present indicative		Present desiderative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	шелам (šelam)	ом шел (om šel)	шелнем (šelńem)	ынем шел (yńem šel)
2nd singular	шелат (šelat)	от шел (ot šel)	шелнет (šelńet)	ынет шел (yńet šel)
3rd singular	шелеш (šeĺeš)	ок/огеш шел (ok/ogeš šel)	шелнеже (šelńeže)	ынеж шел (yńež šel)
1st plural	шелына (šelyna)	она/огына шел (ona/ogyna šel)	шелнена (šelńena)	ынена шел (yńena šel)
2nd plural	шелыда (šelyda)	ода/огыда шел (oda/ogyda šel)	шелнеда (šelńeda)	ынеда шел (yńeda šel)
3rd plural	шелыт (šelyt)	огыт шел (ogyt šel)	шелнешт (šelńešt)	ынешт шел (yńešt šel)
	Direct past indicative		Reported past indicative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	шелым (šelym)	шым шел (šym šel)	шелынам (šelynam)	шелын омыл (šelyn omyl)
2nd singular	шелыч (šelyč)	шыч шел (šyč šel)	шелынат (šelynat)	шелын отыл (šelyn otyl)
3rd singular	шеле (šeĺe)	ыш шел (yš šel)	шелын (šelyn)	шелын огыл (šelyn ogyl)
1st plural	шелна (šelna)	ышна шел (yšna šel)	шелынна (šelynna)	шелын онал/огынал (šelyn onal/ogynal)
2nd plural	шелда (šelda)	ышда шел (yšda šel)	шелында (šelynda)	шелын одал/огыдал (šelyn odal/ogydal)
3rd plural	шелыч (šelyč)	ышт шел (yšt šel)	шелыныт (šelynyt)	шелын огытыл (šelyn ogytyl)
	Imperative		Infinitive	шелаш (šelaš)
	positive	negative	Necessitive infinitive	шелман (šelman)
2nd singular	шел (šel)	ит шел (it šel)	Active participle	шелше (šelše)
3rd singular	шелже (šelže)	ынже шел (ynže šel)	Passive participle	шелме (šelme)
1st plural	шелына (šelyna)	она/огына шел (ona/ogyna šel)	Future participle	шелшаш (šelšaš)
2nd plural	шелза (šelza)	ида шел (ida šel)	Negative participle	шелдыме (šeldyme)
3nd plural	шелышт (šelyšt)	ынышт шел (ynyšt šel)	Verbal noun	шелмаш (šelmaš)
*) The future indicative is formed by using the infinitive and the present indicative forms of тӱҥалаш (tüŋalaš). **) The past progressive is formed by using the present indicative forms and the 3rd person singular of the past indicatives of улаш (ulaš). ***) The past desiderative is formed by using the present desiderative forms and the 3rd person singular of the past indicatives of улаш (ulaš).

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “шелаш”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna