изь

See also: изъ

Moksha

Cognate with Erzya эзь (eź), Proto-Finnic *esi. The form изень (iźeń, “I'm not”) corresponds to Eastern Mari ышым (yšym, “id.”), the initial element should be considered of the same origin as in иля (iľa),^[1] see лия (ľija) for more.

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изь • (iź)

third-person singular first past form of the negative verb
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21
  изь яка
  iź jaka
  [he] didn't go

Past I forms of the negative verb

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	ашень / изень (ašeń / iźeń)	минь (miń)	ашеме / иземе (ašeme / iźeme)
тон (ton)	ашеть / изеть (ašeť / iźeť)	тинь (ťiń)	ашеде / изеде (ašeďe / iźeďe)
сон (son)	ашезь / изь (ašeź / iź)	синь (śiń)	ашесть / исть (ašeśť / iśť)

^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 84