йымы

Western Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *jŭmə, possibly from Proto-Uralic *juma, ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyumā́, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-. Alternatively from Proto-Uralic *ilma (“sky, heaven”). Cognates include Eastern Mari юмо (jumo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjəmə/
• Rhymes: -əmə
• Hyphenation: йы‧мы

Noun

йымы • (jymy)

1. God
2. god, idol

Declension

Declension of йымы
	singular	plural
nominative	йымы (jymy)	йымывлӓ (jymyvlä)
accusative	йымым (jymym)	йымывлӓм (jymyvläm)
genitive	йымын (jymyn)	йымывлӓн (jymyvlän)
dative	йымылан (jymylan)	йымывлӓге (jymyvläge)
comitative	йымыге (jymyge)	йымывлӓлӓн (jymyvlälän)
comparative	йымыла (jymyla)	йымывлӓлӓ (jymyvlälä)
inessive	йымышты (jymyšty)	йымывлӓштӹ (jymyvläštÿ)
illative (short)	йымыш (jymyš)	йымывлӓш (jymyvläš)
illative (long)	йымышкы (jymyšky)	йымывлӓшкӹ (jymyvläškÿ)
lative	йымеш (jymeš)	йымывлӓэш (jymyvläeš)

References

• Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “йымы”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN