эрзя
Erzya
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]эрзя • (eŕźa)
- Erzya (a member of the ethnic group Erzya-Mordvin, closely related to the Moksha or Moksha-Mordvin).
- Erzya language (a Finno-Ugrian language).
Declension
[edit]Indefinite declension of эрзя (back-vowel stem (ума) type)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | эрзя (eŕźa) | эрзят (eŕźat) |
| genitive | эрзянь (eŕźań) | — |
| dative | эрзянень (eŕźańeń) | — |
| ablative | эрзядо (eŕźado) | — |
| inessive | эрзясо (eŕźaso) | — |
| elative | эрзясто (eŕźasto) | — |
| illative | эрзяс (eŕźas) | — |
| prolative | эрзява (eŕźava) | — |
| translative | эрзякс (eŕźaks) | — |
| comparative | эрзяшка (eŕźaška) | — |
| abessive | эрзявтомо (eŕźavtomo) | — |
Synonyms
[edit]- эрзянь кель (eŕźań keľ) (Erzya language)
- эрзя ломань (eŕźa lomań) (Erzya person)