эрьке

Erzya

Эрьке.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jäŕ-kə, from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *jäwrä, borrowed either from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jaurā (compare Lithuanian jáura (“marshland, bog”)) or from earlier Proto-Indo-European *yewHr-. Cognates include Finnish järvi, Northern Sami jávri, Eastern Mari ер (jer).

Noun

эрьке • (eŕke)

1. lake
   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎^[1], page 148:

     Нейсь эрькенть лаҥгсо аштицят кавто веньчть; а калонь кунсицятне, эйстэст лисезь, шлясть сетсэст.

     He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “эрьке”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1244 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.