илаш

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *ĭle-, from Proto-Uralic *elä-. Cognate with Western Mari ӹлӓш (ÿläš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈlɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʃ
• Hyphenation: и‧лаш

Verb

илаш • (ilaš) (type II conjugation)

1. to live, to be alive
2. to live, to reside

   мый Йошка́р-Ола́ште иле́м

   myj Joškár-Olášte iĺém

   I live in Yoshkar-Ola

3. to inhabit, to populate
4. to be found, to dwell, to live
5. to live as, to work as

   ня́ньке ли́йын ила́ш

   ńáńke ĺíjyn iláš

   to work as nannies

6. (figuratively) to be, to be alive, to survive, to remain (thoughts, feelings, etc.)

   ӱша́н ила́

   üšán ilá

   there is hope/hope survives

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “илаш”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna