цёра
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Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *ćora. Borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Chuvash чура (čura, “slave”). Alternatively, but less likely, related to Estonian tsura (“boy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
цёра • (ćora)
- son
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 40:
- I veseme divaźt i kortleźt: avoľ li te Kristos, tśorazo Davideń?
- All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
- boy
- man (adult male human being)
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “цёра”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “ćora”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
цёра • (ćora)
- guy, a young man
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
- цёра, -т — парень
- ćora , -t — paŕeń
- guy — guy
- цёран; цёрат; цёра
- ćoran ; ćorat ; ćora
- I am a guy; you are a guy; he is a guy
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
Inflection
Indefinite declension of цёра
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | цёра (ćora) | цёрат (ćorat) |
| genitive | цёрань (ćorań) | — |
| dative | цёранди (ćorańďi) | — |
| ablative | цёрада (ćorada) | — |
| inessive | цёраса (ćorasa) | — |
| elative | цёраста (ćorasta) | — |
| illative | цёрас (ćoras) | — |
| prolative | цёрава (ćorava) | — |
| comparative | цёрашка (ćoraška) | — |
| translative | цёракс (ćoraks) | — |
| abessive | цёрафтома (ćoraftoma) | — |
| causative | цёранкса (ćoranksa) | — |
Definite declension of цёра
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | цёрась (ćoraś) | цёратне (ćoraťńe) |
| genitive | цёрать (ćorať) | цёратнень (ćoraťńeń) |
| dative | цёрати (ćoraťi) | цёратненди (ćoraťńeńďi) |