чачомс

Erzya

Alternative forms

• (archaic) шачомс (šačoms)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *čačəms, inherited from Proto-Uralic *ča(n)čɜ- (“to be born; grow”). Cognates include Eastern Mari шочаш (šočaš), Komi-Permyak чужны (ćužny) and likely Finnish sato (“harvest, crop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃat͡ʃoms/

Verb

чачомс • (čačoms) (present чачи, past чачсь)

1. to be born

   чачсь од кой ― čačś od koj ― a new tradition was born

   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke‎^[1], page 230:

     Іисус тень каршо мерьсь тензэ: видестэ, видестэ кортан тенть: ки а шачи верьде, сенень Пазонь инязорокс чись а нееви.

     Іisus ťeń karšo meŕś ťenze: viďeste, viďeste kortan ťenť: ki a šači veŕďe, śeńeń Pazoń ińazoroks čiś a ńejevi.

     Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чачомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #95 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.