иля

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Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *iľə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric negative imperative verb stem *elä- ~ *älä-. Akin to Finnish älä, Estonian ära, Northern Sami ale, Kildin Sami ель (jel’).

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Particle

иля (iĺa)

  1. (imperative, optative and volitional negative particle) don't
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 20:
      Isťa iľado meľavt vandyń tšiń kis, vandyń tši sońs karmy meľavtomo nužanzo kis sońsenze.
      Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
      1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke, page 158:
      Илядо судя, тынсь-как судязь а ульдядо; илядо чумонт, тынсь-как чумондозь а ульдядо; простядо, тынсь-как простязь ульдядо.
      Iĺado suďa, tïnś-kak suďaź a ulďado; iĺado čumont, tïnś-kak čumondoź a ulďado; prosťado, tïnś-kak prosťaź ulďado.
      Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”
Declension of иля (iĺa)
imperative mood optative/volitional mood
1st sing. - илязан (iĺazan)
2nd sing. иля (iĺa), иляк (iĺak) илязат (iĺazat)
3rd sing. - илязо (iĺazo)
1st plur. - иляздано (iĺazdano)
2nd plur. илядо (iĺado) иляздадо (iĺazdado), илязадо (iĺazado)
3rd plur. - иляст (iĺast)

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “иля”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1876 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.