Moksha edit

Etymology edit

Cognates include Erzya сынь (siń), perhaps cognate with Northern Sami sii. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

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Pronoun edit

синь (śiń)

  1. plural nominative/genitive of сон (son)

Pronoun edit

синь (śiń)

  1. (third person plural) they

Declension edit

The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (moń inkson, because of me) for causative.

Pronoun edit

синь (śiń)

  1. (third person plural possessive) their

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of синь (śiń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19
  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (moń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21

Old Church Slavonic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *siňь.

Adjective edit

син҄ь (sinʹĭ)

  1. dark, blackish, turbid
  2. blue

Declension edit

See also edit

Colors in Old Church Slavonic · шари (šari) (layout · text)
     бѣлъ (bělŭ), плавъ (plavŭ)      сивъ (sivŭ), сѣръ (sěrŭ), соуръ (surŭ)      чрьнъ (črĭnŭ), галъ (galŭ), смаглъ (smaglŭ)
             чрьвл҄енъ (črĭvlʹenŭ), роумѣнъ (ruměnŭ); багъръ (bagŭrŭ)              смѣдъ (smědŭ)              жлътъ (žlŭtŭ), роусъ (rusŭ)
                          зеленъ (zelenŭ)             
                                       син҄ь (sinʹĭ)
                                      

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Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

синь (sinʹ)

  1. short masculine singular of си́ний (sínij)