сэтьме

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *säťmə ~ *śäťmə, wherein *-mə is a noun-forming suffix (compare dialectal Moksha śäťav). Ultimately may be onomatopoeic and related to Erzya чать- (čať-) in чатьмонемс (čaťmońems, “to be quiet”).

First coined by bishop Damaskin in 1785 as сатьме (saťme).

Noun

сэтьме • (seťme)

1. silence, quiet, quietness
2. peace

   Толстоень ине куваёвкс "Тюрема ды Сэтьме" ― Tolstojeń ińe kuvajovks " Tuŕema di Seťme " ― Tolstoy's great novel "War and Peace"

Declension

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Adjective

сэтьме • (seťme)

1. quiet
2. meek
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 11:

     Talanovt setmet, seks synenst maksovi mastor.

     Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

3. peacefull

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сэтьме”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс, Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN