-кс

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ks"

Erzya

Etymology 1

See Moksha -кс (-ks).

Suffix

-кс • (-ks)

1. translative suffix

Etymology 2

See Moksha -кс (-ks).

Suffix

-кс • (-ks)

1. nominalizing suffix

Moksha

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *-kse (translative suffix). Related to Erzya -кс (-ks), Finnish -ksi.

Suffix

-кс • (-ks)

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

     во-первых — васенцекс, васенцесь

     vo-pervih — vaśenće ks , vaśenćeś

     first of all [in Russian] — first of all

Etymology 2

Nominalizing suffix, e.g. касомс (kasoms, “to grow”) → касыкс (kasiks, “plant”), inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *-kse. Compare Erzya -кс (-ks), Finnish -s (-kse-).

Suffix

-кс • (-ks)

1. nominalizing suffix

Declension

Indefinite declension of -кс

	singular	plural
nominative	-кс (-ks)	-кст (-kst)
genitive	-ксонь (-ksoń)	—
dative	-ксонди (-ksonďi)	—
ablative	-кста (-ksta)	—
inessive	-ксса (-kssa)	—
elative	-ксста (-kssta)	—
illative	-ксс (-kss)	—
prolative	-ксова (-ksova)	—
comparative	-ксшка (-ksška)	—
translative	-ксокс (-ksoks)	—
abessive	-ксфтома (-ksftoma)	—
causative	-ксонкса (-ksonksa)	—

Definite declension of -кс

	singular	plural
nominative	-кссь (-ksś)	-ксне (-ksńe)
genitive	-ксть (-ksť)	-кснень (-ksńeń)
dative	-ксти (-ksťi)	-ксненди (-ksńenďi)

Derived terms

Moksha terms suffixed with -кс