See also: сынъ and сꙑнъ

Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *siń, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *sej. Cognates include Moksha синь (śiń), Finnish he, hyö, Northern Sami sii.

Pronunciation edit

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Pronoun edit

сынь (siń)

  1. they (third person plural)
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 4:
      Syń kultsonoź ińazorośt moľźt, i seste täštšeś, konań neize syń tši liśme pele, moľź ikelest, i saź lotkaź se tarkas värde, koso uľneź eikakšoś.
      After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

Declension edit

Declension of сынь (siń)
singular plural
nominative сон (son) сынь (siń)
genitive сонзэ (sonze) сынст (sinst)
dative сонензэ (sońenze), тензэ (ťenze) сыненст (sińenst), тенст (ťenst)
ablative сондензэ (sonďenze) сындест (sinďest)
inessive соньсэнзэ (sońsenze) сыньсэст (sińsest)
elative соньстэнзэ (soństenze) сыньстэст (siństest)
illative соньзэнзэ (sońzenze) сыньзэст (sińzest)
prolative соньганзо (sońganzo) сыньгаст (sińgast)
translative соньксэнзэ (sońksenze) сыньксэст (sińksest)
abessive сонтемензэ (sonťemenze) сынтемест (sinťemest)
comparative соньшканзо (sońškanzo) сыньшкаст (sińškast)

See also edit

Erzya personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person мон (mon) минь (miń)
2nd person тон (ton) тынь (tiń)
3rd person сон (son) сынь (siń)

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сынь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN