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эрзя

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Erzya

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Etymology

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There are at least two hypotheses about the origin of the word:

1. The first element эр- (er-) or эрь- (eŕ-) is from Proto-Uralic *irkä or *ürkä (man, son, boy), whence -ar in Hungarian magyar (Hungarian), Eastern Mari эрге (erge, son, boy) and Finnish yrkä (groom), yrkö (man).

2. The word derived from Proto-Mordvinic *eŕams (to live); compare Erzya эряза (eŕaza), Moksha (j)äŕaza (lively).[1] However, *eŕams itself may be related to *irkä~*ürkä.

In the both cases -зя (-źa) may be a noun-forming suffix (from *-za).

Noun

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эрзя (erźa)

  1. Erzya (a member of the ethnic group Erzya-Mordvin, closely related to the Moksha or Moksha-Mordvin).
  2. Erzya language (a Finno-Ugrian language).

Declension

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Indefinite declension of эрзя (back-vowel stem (ума) type)
singular plural
nominative эрзя (erźa) эрзят (erźat)
genitive эрзянь (erźań)
dative эрзянень (erźaneń)
ablative эрзядо (erźado)
inessive эрзясо (erźaso)
elative эрзясто (erźasto)
illative эрзяс (erźas)
prolative эрзява (erźava)
translative эрзякс (erźaks)
comparative эрзяшка (erźaška)
abessive эрзявтомо (erźavtomo)

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN