вирь

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Erzya

Вирь.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *viŕə~*viŕä, cognate with Moksha вирь (viŕ). Possibly a doublet of Erzya вере (veŕe, up), which is from Proto-Uralic *wäre with cognates including Estonian veer (edge), Finnish vieri (side),[1] Lule Sami vierra, Northern Sami vierra (ridge).[2]

Alternatively, from Early Proto-Mordvinic *vēri, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vēr-i/e- (compare Latvian vēris, vēre (a big forest, a big deciduous forest)).[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

вирь (viŕ)

  1. forest

Declension

References

  1. ^ veer”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ вирь (viŕ) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
  3. ^ Riho Grünthal. Baltic loanwords in Mordvin, p. 336-337

Further reading

  • Indefinite paradigm of вирь (viŕ) in Cygankin, D. V. (1980) Grammatika mordovskix jazykov. Fonetika, grafika, orfografija, morfologija [Mordvinic grammar] (in Russian), Saransk, page 154

Moksha

Вирь.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *viŕə, from Proto-Uralic *wäre (edge, border, side). Cognates include Erzya вирь (viŕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

вирь (viŕ)

  1. forest

Declension

Declension of вирь
singular plural
nominative
(...)
вирь
viŕ
вирьхть
viŕhť
genitive
(of ...)
вирень
viŕeń
dative
(to ...)
виренди
viŕenďi
comparative
(like ...)
вирьшка
viŕška
ablative
(than ...)
вирьда
viŕda
lative
(into ...)
вири
viŕi
illative
(into ...)
вирьс
viŕs
inessive
(in ...)
вирьса
viŕsa
elative
(out of ...)
вирьста
viŕsta
prolative
(through ...)
вирьгя
viŕgä
causative
(for ...)
виренкса
viŕenksa
translative
(becoming ...)
вирькс
viŕks
abessive
(without ...)
вирьфтома
viŕftoma
Definite declension of вирь
singular plural
nominative
(...)
вирьсь
viŕś
вирьне
viŕńe
genitive
(of ...)
вирьть
viŕť
вирьнень
viŕńeń
dative
(to ...)
вирьти
viŕťi
вирьненди
viŕńenďi

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

References

  • V. I. Shchankina (1993) “вирь”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 29