инь
See also: инъ
Moksha edit
Etymology edit
According to SKES, related to Moksha ине (ińe, “great”), which is from Proto-Uralic *enä (“large, big”) and cognate with Finnish enin (“the biggest”), Estonian enam (“more”), Livonian jennõ (“a lot”)).
Alternatively, borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Tatar ин (in).[1] Veršinin notes resemblance with Eastern Mari эн (en, “id.”) usually considered a Turkic borrowing.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
инь • (iń)
- used with adjectives to form superlatives
- Synonym: сембода (śemboda)
- инь сире
- iń śiŕe
- oldest
References edit
- ^ Handbuch Der Orientalistik
- ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 88
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Mandarin 陰/阴 (yīn).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
инь • (inʹ) f inan or n inan (indeclinable) (usually indeclinable)