ёндол

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jondəl, traditionally considered a compound of a descendant of Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *juma (“god”) and Proto-Mordvinic *tol (“fire”). Alternatively, the first component is from Proto-Mordvinic *jon (“side”) or Proto-Uralic *ilma (“sky, weather, god”).

Noun

ёндол • (jondol)

1. lightning

   кивчкадсь ёндол ― kivčkadś jondol ― lightning flashed

   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎^[1], page 174:

     Сон мерьсь тенст: Мон неія сатананть, кода сон ёндол ладсо менельстэнть прась.

     Son meŕś ťenst: Mon ńejіja satananť, koda son jondol ladso meńeľstenť praś.

     He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”

Declension

Indefinite declension of ёндол (hard consonant stem (сан) type)

	singular	plural
nominative	ёндол (jondol)	ёндолт (jondolt)
genitive	ёндолонь (jondoloń)	—
dative	ёндолнэнь (jondolnëń)	—
ablative	ёндолдо (jondoldo)	—
inessive	ёндолсо (jondolso)	—
elative	ёндолсто (jondolsto)	—
illative	ёндолс (jondols)	—
prolative	ёндолга (jondolga)	—
translative	ёндолкс (jondolks)	—
comparative	ёндолшка (jondolška)	—
abessive	ёндолтомо (jondoltomo)	—

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ёндол”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1253 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.