верь
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Верь.
Erzya
Alternative forms
- вӓрь (väŕ)
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *ver, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *were. Cognates include Moksha вер (ver), Finnish veri, Livonian ver, Eastern Mari вӱр (vür), Hungarian vér.
Pronunciation
Noun
верь • (veŕ)
- (anatomy) blood
- вересь яки санга ― vereś jaki sanga ― blood is flowing in veins
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 80:
- I kortliťado: ulevlińdäŕatanok miń täťanok tšisest, seste avolinek valno proroktneń verest.
- And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
верь (veŕ) | верть (verť) |
| genitive (of ...) |
верень (vereń) | — |
| dative (to ...) |
вернень (verneń) | — |
| ablative (than ...) |
верде (verde) | — |
| inessive (in ...) |
верьсэ (versë) | — |
| elative (out of ...) |
верьстэ (verstë) | — |
| illative (into ...) |
верес (veres) | — |
| prolative (through ...) |
верьга (veŕga) | — |
| translative (becoming ...) |
верекс (vereks) | — |
| comparative (like ...) |
верьшка (veŕška) | — |
| abessive (without ...) |
вертеме (verteme) | — |
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “верь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс , Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1152 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
Russian
Pronunciation
Verb
верь • (verʹ)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of ве́рить (véritʹ)