личнай

Moksha edit

Etymology edit

Evidently borrowed from Russian ли́чный (líčnyj, “personal”), from лицо́ (licó, “face; person”).

Morphologically from личн (ľičn) +‎ -ай (-aj) — a common Moksha adaptation of Russian -ый (-yj, “[adjective forming suffix]”).

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

личнай • (ľičnaj)

(grammar) personal
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 94
  Личные местоимения — Личнай местоимениятне
  Ľičnije mestojimeńija — Ľičnaj mestojimeńijatńe
  Personal pronouns [in Russian] — Personal pronouns

Usage notes edit

This term is used in relation to grammatical concepts, in other cases эсь (eś, “one's own”), монцень (monćeń, “my private”), тонцень (tonćeń, “your private”), etc., are used.^[1]

Declension edit

Definite declension of личнай

	singular	plural
nominative	личнайсь (ľičnajś)	личнайхне (ľičnajhńe)
genitive	личнайть (ľičnajť)	личнайхнень (ľičnajhńeń)
dative	личнайти (ľičnajťi)	личнайхненди (ľičnajhńenďi)

References edit

^ V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 229

[1] V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 229

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