афоль

Moksha

FWOTD – 24 October 2016

Etymology

Evidently a third-person singular past II / subjunctive copulative (conjugated) form of the particle аф (af) (morphologically: аф (af) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -ль (-ľ)), compare, for example, мораль (moraľ, “he/she/it would sing ~ would have sung”), see апак (apak) for suggested cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑfəlʲ/

Particle

афоль • (afoľ)

1. third-person singular subjunctive copulative of аф (af); he/she/it wouldn't

Particle

афоль • (afoľ)

1. (subjunctive) not, would not, wouldn't
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     ни 1 частица — афоль/тяза, тят

     ńi 1 časťica — afoľ /ťaza, ťat

     not particle [in Russian] — not

     как бы то ни было — кода афоль/тяза уле

     kak bi to ńi bilo — koda afoľ /ťaza uľe

     however it may be [in Russian] — however it may be

     (literally, “how it wouldn't [or would] be”)

   • A. P. Feoktistov (1993), Jaziki mira: Uraľskije jaziki (MOKŠANSKIJ JAZIK) [Languages of the world: Uralic languages (Moksha language)], Moscow, pages 178—189

     афолеть шарьхкоде

     afoľeť šaŕhkoďe

     [you] wouldn't understand

     афольхть са

     afoľhť sa

     [they probably] wouldn't have come

   • СЯСЬКОМА // МОКШЕНЬ ЛИТЕРАТУРНО-ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННАЙ АЛЬМАНАХ, САРАНСК-195З

     (..) афолень уле (..)

     (..) afoľeń uľe (..)

     (..) [I] wouldn't be (..)

   • ЛОМАНЕНЬ ШИРЕВА, САРАНСК-1955

     (..) миньге Сибирьда афолеме пеле...

     (..) mińge Śibiŕda afoľeme peľe...

     (..) we too(?) wouldn't be afraid of Siberia...

     (..) кда тинь колмоцьке афоледе уле (..)

     (..) kda ťiń kolmoćke afoľeďe uľe (..)

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of афоль

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	афолень (afoľeń)	минь (miń)	афолеме (afoľeme)
тон (ton)	афолеть (afoľeť)	тинь (ťiń)	афоледе (afoľeďe)
сон (son)	афоль (afoľ)	синь (śiń)	афольхть (afoľhť)

Synonyms

• тяза (ťaza)

Coordinate terms

• ашезь (ašeź)
• изь (iź)

Related terms

• аф (af)
• апак (apak)