вирь

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Erzya

Вирь.

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

вирь (viŕ)

  1. forest
    тусто вирьtusto viŕa dense forest

Declension

Indefinite declension of вирь (soft consonant stem (ривезь) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
вирь (viŕ) вирть (virť)
genitive
(of ...)
вирень (vireń)
dative
(to ...)
вирнень (virneń)
ablative
(than ...)
вирде (virde)
inessive
(in ...)
вирьсэ (virsë)
elative
(out of ...)
вирьстэ (virstë)
illative
(into ...)
вирес (vires)
prolative
(through ...)
вирьга (viŕga)
translative
(becoming ...)
вирекс (vireks)
comparative
(like ...)
вирьшка (viŕška)
abessive
(without ...)
виртеме (virteme)

References

  1. ^ veer”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (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 (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 (viŕ)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
вирь (viŕ) вирьхть (virxť)
genitive
(of ...)
вирень (vireń)
dative
(to ...)
виренди (virendi)
comparative
(like ...)
вирьшка (viŕška)
ablative
(than ...)
вирьда (viŕda)
lative
(into ...)
вири (viri)
illative
(into ...)
вирьс (viŕs)
inessive
(in ...)
вирьса (viŕsa)
elative
(out of ...)
вирьста (viŕsta)
prolative
(through ...)
вирьгя (viŕgä)
causative
(for ...)
виренкса (virenksa)
translative
(becoming ...)
вирькс (viŕks)
abessive
(without ...)
вирьфтома (viŕftoma)
Definite declension of вирь (viŕ)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
вирьсь (virś) вирьне (virne)
genitive
(of ...)
вирьть (virť) вирьнень (virneń)
dative
(to ...)
вирьти (virti) вирьненди (virnendi)

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

References

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