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Moksha
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *-ə-ja, inherited from Proto-Uralic *-ja (present participle ending) (compare -я (-ja) in Erzya содыя (sodija, “I found out ”), -й (-j) in кельсодый (keľsodij, “linguist”)). Related to Finnish -ja, Estonian -ja, Livonian -ji, e.g., jūoji (“drinker”).
See also Moksha -ай (-aj).
Suffix
-ы • (-i)
- agentive suffix
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
ваны, аралай (наблюдатель)- van i , aralaj (nabľudaťeľ)
- observer (observer )
Declension
Definite declension of -ы
Derived terms
Mongolian
Etymology
From Classical Mongolian ᠢ (-i) and ᠠᠢ (-ai).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ы • (-y)
- Marks the genitive case in the regular declension after a back vowel stem ending in н (n).
- чидун (čidun, “olive tree”) + -ы (-y) → чидуны (čiduny, “olive tree's”)
- Forms patronymics.