неле

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnele/
• Rhymes: -ele
• Hyphenation: не‧ле

Adjective

неле • (ńeĺe)

1. heavy
2. thick, dense, heavy
3. heavy, unwieldy (movements)
4. difficult, hard
5. serious, severe, heavy, onerous, grave
6. heavy, hard, painful, sad
7. complicated, awkward (figures of speech, etc.)
8. (figuratively) weighty, important
9. (figuratively) heavy, close, oppressive (air, etc.)
10. heavy, hard to digest (food)
11. strong (alcohol)

Noun

неле • (ńeĺe)

1. heavy object, weight
2. difficulty, obstacle
3. difficulties, trouble, hardship, misfortune, distress

Declension

Declension of неле
	singular	plural
nominative	неле (ńeĺe)	неле-влак (ńeĺe-vlak)
accusative	нелым (ńelym)	неле-влакым (ńeĺe-vlakym)
genitive	нелын (ńelyn)	неле-влакын (ńeĺe-vlakyn)
dative	нелылан (ńelylan)	неле-влаклан (ńeĺe-vlaklan)
comitative	нелыге (ńelyge)	неле-влакге (ńeĺe-vlakge)
comparative	нелыла (ńelyla)	неле-влакла (ńeĺe-vlakla)
inessive	нелыште (ńelyšte)	неле-влакыште (ńeĺe-vlakyšte)
illative (short)	нелыш (ńelyš)	неле-влакыш (ńeĺe-vlakyš)
illative (long)	нелышке (ńelyške)	неле-влакышке (ńeĺe-vlakyške)
lative	нелеш (ńeĺeš)	неле-влакеш (ńeĺe-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of неле
	singular	plural
1st person	нелем (ńeĺem)	нелына (ńelyna)
2nd person	нелет (ńeĺet)	нелыда (ńelyda)
3rd person	нелыже (ńelyže)	нелышт (ńelyšt)

References

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