врьгаз

Moksha

Врьгаз.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *vərgas, borrowed from an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognates include Erzya верьгиз (veŕgiz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vərʲˈɡaz/
• Rhymes: -az
• Hyphenation: врьгаз

Noun

врьгаз • (vŕgaz)

1. wolf

Declension

Declension of врьгаз (vŕgaz)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	врьгаз (vŕgaz)	врьгаст (vŕgast)
genitive (of ...)	врьгазонь (vŕgazoń)
dative (to ...)	врьгазонди (vŕgazondi)
comparative (like ...)	врьгазшка (vŕgazška)
ablative (than ...)	врьгазда (vŕgazda)
lative (into ...)	врьгазу (vŕgazu)
illative (into ...)	врьгазс (vŕgazs)
inessive (in ...)	врьгазса (vŕgazsa)
elative (out of ...)	врьгазста (vŕgazsta)
prolative (through ...)	врьгазга (vŕgazga)
causative (for ...)	врьгазонкса (vŕgazonksa)
translative (becoming ...)	врьгазкс (vŕgazks)
abessive (without ...)	врьгазфтома (vŕgazftoma)

Definite declension of врьгаз (vŕgaz)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	врьгазсь (vŕgazś)	врьгазне (vŕgazne)
genitive (of ...)	врьгазть (vŕgazť)	врьгазнень (vŕgazneń)
dative (to ...)	врьгазти (vŕgazti)	врьгазненди (vŕgaznendi)

References

• V. I. Shchankina (1993) “врьгаз”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 30