ойме

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *vajmə ~ *vojmə, from Proto-Uralic *wajŋe (“spirit, soul”). Akin to Moksha вайме (vajme), Estonian vaim (“spirit, soul”), Finnish vaimo (“wife”), Hungarian vágy.

Noun

ойме • (ojme)

1. soul, spirit

   ломанень ойме ― lomańeń ojme ― the human soul

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 8:

     Seste Jisus oimse veďaź uľneź pustyńas mańamoń kis šaitansto.

     Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted.

Declension

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Derived terms

• verbs: оймамс (ojmams), оймиямс (ojmijams)
• nouns: ойметькс (ojmeťks)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ойме”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1678 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.