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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *pižə, from Proto-Uralic *piša (bile, gall).[1][2] The word пиже (piže, green) can also be used to indicate the metal “copper”, which is probably due to the color of oxidation. This could be related to Northern Sami fiskat (yellow).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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пиже (piže)

  1. green

Declension

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Indefinite declension of пиже (front-vowel stem (ки) type)
singular plural
nominative пиже (piže) пижеть (pižeť)
genitive пижень (pižeń)
dative пиженень (piženeń)
ablative пижеде (pižede)
inessive пижесэ (pižesë)
elative пижестэ (pižestë)
illative пижес (pižes)
prolative пижева (piževa)
translative пижекс (pižeks)
comparative пижешка (pižeška)
abessive пижевтеме (piževteme)

See also

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Colors in Erzya · тюст (ťust) (layout · text)
     ашо (ašo)      макшас (makšas)      раужо (raužo)
             якстере (jakstere); вединзей (vedinzej)              тюжа (ťuža)              ожо (ožo); ожоза (ožoza) ожола (ožola)
             пижожо (pižožo) пижела (pižela)              пиже (piže)             
                          сэняжа (sëńaža)              сэнь (sëń)
             уроске (uroske); сэньгере (sëńgere)                          

Noun

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пиже (piže)

  1. (chemistry) copper

References

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  1. ^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  2. ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2005) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Joškar Ola, page 351

Moksha

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Adjective

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пиже (piže)

  1. green