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сэтьме

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Erzya

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Etymology

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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 (čaťmonems, “to be quiet”).

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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сэтьме • (sëťme)

  1. silence, quiet, quietness
  2. peace
    Толстоень ине куваёвкс "Тюрема ды Сэтьме" ― Tolstojeń ine kuvajovks " Ťurema dï Sëťme " ― Tolstoy's great novel "War and Peace"

Declension

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Adjective

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сэтьме • (sëťme)

  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

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