сырмы

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Western Mari

Сырмы.

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *šŭrmə. Cognates include Eastern Mari шурмаҥше (šurmaŋše). About the further origin of the word exist two theories:

Pronunciation

Noun

сырмы (syrmy)

  1. lynx (Lynx lynx)

Declension

Declension of сырмы
singular plural
nominative сырмы (syrmy) сырмывлӓ (syrmyvlä)
accusative сырмым (syrmym) сырмывлӓм (syrmyvläm)
genitive сырмын (syrmyn) сырмывлӓн (syrmyvlän)
dative сырмылан (syrmylan) сырмывлӓге (syrmyvläge)
comitative сырмыге (syrmyge) сырмывлӓлӓн (syrmyvlälän)
comparative сырмыла (syrmyla) сырмывлӓлӓ (syrmyvlälä)
inessive сырмышты (syrmyšty) сырмывлӓштӹ (syrmyvläštÿ)
illative (short) сырмыш (syrmyš) сырмывлӓш (syrmyvläš)
illative (long) сырмышкы (syrmyšky) сырмывлӓшкӹ (syrmyvläškÿ)
lative сырмеш (syrmeš) сырмывлӓэш (syrmyvläeš)

References

  • Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “сырмы”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
  • Jakob, A. (2023) “Loanwords into other Uralic languages”, in A history of East Baltic through language contact, pages 236-237