езерни
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
From езер (ezer, “thousand”) + -ни (-ni), although process of semantic shift unclear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛˈzɛrni]
- Rhymes: -ɛrni
- Hyphenation: езер‧ни
Noun
езерни (ezerni) m anim
- (nominalized, vulgar) devil, damned
- дябол езерни ме наведол ― djabol ezerni me navedol ― the devil tempted me
- най идзе до дябла езерного ― naj idze do djabla ezernoho ― go to hell!
Usage notes
- Although classified as a noun, this term almost always follows дябол (djabol), пшамац (pšamac), чорт (čort) or шаркань (šarkanʹ) and agrees with it in declension.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | езерни (ezerni) | езерни (ezerni) |
| genitive | езерного (ezernoho) | езерних (ezernix) |
| dative | езерному (ezernomu) | езерним (ezernim) |
| accusative | езерного (ezernoho) | езерних (ezernix) |
| instrumental | езерним (ezernim) | езернима (ezernima) |
| locative | езерним / езерному (ezernim / ezernomu) | езерних (ezernix) |
| vocative | езерни (ezerni) | езерни (ezerni) |
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “езерни”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy