ривезь

Erzya

Ривезь.

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *repä-ćɜ (“fox”). Cognates include Finnish repo, Estonian repane, Hungarian ravasz.

Noun

ривезь • (riveź)

1. fox
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 25:

     Jisus kortli tenze: rivezeń uľt vaŕat i mäneleń narmoneń pizat, a lomań tśoraśt araś, koso pŕanzo komavtovlize.

     Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Declension

Indefinite declension of ривезь (soft consonant stem (ривезь) type)

	singular	plural
nominative	ривезь (riveź)	ривезть (rivezť)
genitive	ривезень (rivezeń)	—
dative	ривезнень (rivezneń)	—
ablative	ривезде (rivezde)	—
inessive	ривезьсэ (rivezsë)	—
elative	ривезьстэ (rivezstë)	—
illative	ривезес (rivezes)	—
prolative	ривезьга (riveźga)	—
translative	ривезекс (rivezeks)	—
comparative	ривезьшка (riveźška)	—
abessive	ривезтеме (rivezteme)	—

References

• ривезь (riveź) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
• Entry #859 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.