зярыя
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Erzya
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *(mə)źarəjak (compare dialectal źarijak (“some”)[1]), derived from *meźarə (“how many”) + *-jak (“-ever”). Cognate with Moksha мъзяровок (məźarovok).
See зяро (źaro) for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]зярыя • (źarija)
- (indefinite) a few, some
- Synonym: знярояк (źńarojak)
References
[edit]- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN