From Proto-Mordvinic *peľəms, ultimately from Proto-Uralic *pele-. Cognates include Finnish pelätä, Northern Sami ballat, Hungarian fél.[1]
Veršinin is unsure whether development from пяль (päľ, “half; side”) is possible, he wonders if the meaning could have changed from "side" to "step aside; avoid; fear."[2]
пелемс • (peľems)
The presumable object of the verb (i.e., the source of the fear) is put in ablative (-да (-da, “from”)), alternatively the postposition эзда (ezda, “from”) is used.
Present / future | ||
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1st singular — мон (mon) | пелян (peľan) | |
2nd singular — тон (ton) | пелят (peľat) | |
3rd singular — сон (son) | пели (peľi) | |
1st plural — минь (miń) | пельхтяма (peľhťama) | |
2nd plural — тинь (ťiń) | пельхтяда (peľhťada) | |
3rd plural — синь (śiń) | пелихть (peľihť) | |
Past I | ||
1st singular — мон (mon) | пелень (peľeń) | |
2nd singular — тон (ton) | пелеть (peľeť) | |
3rd singular — сон (son) | пельсь (peľś) | |
1st plural — минь (miń) | пелеме (peľeme) | |
2nd plural — тинь (ťiń) | пеледе (peľeďe) | |
3rd plural — синь (śiń) | пельсть (peľśť) | |
Compound future | ||
1st singular — мон (mon) | карман пелема (karman peľema) | |
2nd singular — тон (ton) | кармат пелема (karmat peľema) | |
3rd singular — сон (son) | кармай пелема (karmaj peľema) | |
1st plural — минь (miń) | карматама пелема (karmatama peľema) | |
2nd plural — тинь (ťiń) | карматада пелема (karmatada peľema) | |
3rd plural — синь (śiń) | кармайхть пелема (karmajhť peľema) | |
Imperative | ||
2nd singular — тон (ton) | пельхть (peľhť) | |
2nd plural — тинь (ťiń) | пеледа (peľeda) | |
Non-finite forms | ||
verbal noun | пелема (peľema) | |
past passive participle | — | |
agentive / pres. act. part. | пели (peľi) | |
present passive participle | — |