менель

Erzya

Менель. (1.1)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *meńəľ, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mińi (“sky”). Cognate with Moksha менель (meneľ), Hungarian menny (“heaven”).

Noun

менель • (meneľ)

1. sky

   пельтеме менель ― pelteme meneľ ― cloudless sky

2. heaven
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 17:

     Sazo minenek ińazoro-kirdimat tońt; uleze oľat tońt, mastor langsojak isťa koda mäneľse.

     Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “менель”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #545 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *meńəľ. Cognate with Erzya менель (meneľ), Hungarian menny (“heaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmenʲəlʲ/
• Rhymes: -enʲəlʲ
• Hyphenation: ме‧нель

Noun

ме́нель • (méneľ)

1. sky
   • 1892, M. E. Evsevyev, Букварь для мордвы-мокши [Primer for the Moksha Mordovians]‎^[1], Kazan: Orthodox Missionary Society, page 34:

     Менельса эряй алянекя̈!

     Meneľsa eräj alänekä̈!

     Our father resident in the sky!

Declension

Declension of менель
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		менель meneľ	менельхть menelçť
genitive (of ...)		менелень meneleń
dative (to ...)		менеленди menelendi
comparative (like ...)		менельшка meneľška
ablative (than ...)		менельда meneľda
lative (into ...)		менели meneli
illative (into ...)		менельс meneľs
inessive (in ...)		менельса meneľsa
elative (out of ...)		менельста meneľsta
prolative (through ...)		менельгя meneľgä
causative (for ...)		менеленкса menelenksa
translative (becoming ...)		менелькс meneľks
abessive (without ...)		менельфтома meneľftoma

Definite declension of менель
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		менельсь menelś	менельне menelne
genitive (of ...)		менельть menelť	менельнень menelneń
dative (to ...)		менельти menelti	менельненди menelnendi

References

• V. I. Shchankina (1993) “менель”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 90