молемс

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *mule-. Cognates include Erzya молемс (molems), Northern Sami mollat, Hungarian múlik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /molʲəms/

Verb

молемс • (moľəms)

1. (intransitive) to go
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Тон молят (тинь мольхтяда) пуромксу?

     Ton molät (tiń molçtäda ) puromksu?

     Are you [sg.] (you [pl.]) going to the meeting?

     Моледа мархтон!

     Moleda marçton!

     Come with me! (you [pl.])

     мольхть сяда (сядонга) вишкста

     molçť säda (sädonga) višksta

     go faster(!) (you [sg.])

2. (intransitive, with инголи (ingoli, “in front”)) to hurry
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Молихть инголи

     Molihť ingoli

     They are in a hurry (lit. "they are going in front")

3. (intransitive, with пизем, лов (pizem , lov, “rain, snow”) as subjects) to rain, snow
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Моли лов (пизем)

     Moli lov (pizem)

     It's snowing (raining) (lit. "snow (rain) is going")

     Веть мольсь пизем

     Veť molś pizem

     It was raining (lit. "rain was going") [last] night

4. (intransitive) to go on, continue
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Пуромкссь моли

     Puromksś moli

     The meeting goes on, continues to be in session

Conjugation

Subjective conjugation of молемс

	Present / future
1st singular — мон (mon)	молян (molän)
2nd singular — тон (ton)	молят (molät)
3rd singular — сон (son)	моли (moli)
1st plural — минь (miń)	мольхтяма (molçtäma)
2nd plural — тинь (tiń)	мольхтяда (molçtäda)
3rd plural — синь (siń)	молихть (molihť)
	Past I
1st singular — мон (mon)	молень (moleń)
2nd singular — тон (ton)	молеть (moleť)
3rd singular — сон (son)	мольсь (molś)
1st plural — минь (miń)	молеме (moleme)
2nd plural — тинь (tiń)	моледе (molede)
3rd plural — синь (siń)	мольсть (molsť)
	Compound future
1st singular — мон (mon)	карман молема (karman molema)
2nd singular — тон (ton)	кармат молема (karmat molema)
3rd singular — сон (son)	кармай молема (karmaj molema)
1st plural — минь (miń)	карматама молема (karmatama molema)
2nd plural — тинь (tiń)	карматада молема (karmatada molema)
3rd plural — синь (siń)	кармайхть молема (karmajhť molema)
	Imperative
2nd singular — тон (ton)	мольхть (molçť)
2nd plural — тинь (tiń)	моледа (moleda)
	Non-finite forms
verbal noun	молема (molema)
past passive participle	мольф (moľf)
agentive / pres. act. part.	моли (moli)
present passive participle	молеви (molevi)

Subjective conjugation in other moods is possible.
Objective conjugation is possible for transitive verbs, see, for example, кундамс (kundams).