мокша

Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From Russian Мокша (Mokša, “Moksha River”).^[1] The name of the river is speculated to derive from a language of Baltic extraction.^[2] First attested use in early 12th century, William of Rubruck mentions Moksha as (Russian translation) Моксель (Mokselʹ).^[3]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mokʃɑ/

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Noun edit

мокша • (mokša)

Moksha (a person of Moksha ethnicity)
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
  Коса тячи аньцек аф эряйхть мокшетне и эрзятне (..)
  Kosa ťači ańćek af eŕajhť mokšetńe i erźatńe (..)
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension edit

Indefinite declension of мокша

	singular	plural
nominative	мокша (mokša)	мокшет (mokšet)
genitive	мокшень (mokšeń)	—
dative	мокшенди (mokšenďi)	—
ablative	мокшеда (mokšeda)	—
inessive	мокшеса (mokšesa)	—
elative	мокшеста (mokšesta)	—
illative	мокшес (mokšes)	—
prolative	мокшева (mokševa)	—
comparative	мокшешка (mokšeška)	—
translative	мокшекс (mokšeks)	—
abessive	мокшефтома (mokšeftoma)	—
causative	мокшенкса (mokšenksa)	—

Definite declension of мокша

	singular	plural
nominative	мокшесь (mokšeś)	мокшетне (mokšetńe)
genitive	мокшеть (mokšeť)	мокшетнень (mokšetńeń)
dative	мокшети (mokšeťi)	мокшетненди (mokšetńenďi)

Derived terms edit

мокшень (mokšeń)
мокшень кяль (mokšeń käľ)
мокшава (mokšava)

References edit

^ Veršinin, V. I. (2005) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Joškar Ola, page 257
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^ O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 3

[1] Veršinin, V. I. (2005) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Joškar Ola, page 257

[2] {The template Template:R:ru:Pospelov:1998 does not use the parameter(s): id=3777
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[3] O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 3

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