мирде

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *mirďə, from Proto-Uralic *mertä, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás. (compare Persian مرد (mard, man)). Cognates include Moksha мирде (mirde), Udmurt -мурт (-murt) in удмурт (udmurt), Komi-Zyrian морт (mort).

Finnish marras and Russian мордва (mordva) are borrowed from the same source.

Pronunciation

Noun

мирде • (mirde)

  1. husband
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 3:
      Iosif, miŕdeze sońze, paro lomań uľneź, eź karmak lomatnenen kortamo, arsize salava noldams sońze.
      Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[e] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

Declension

Indefinite declension of мирде (front-vowel stem (ки) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
мирде (mirde) мирдеть (mirdeť)
genitive
(of ...)
мирдень (mirdeń)
dative
(to ...)
мирденень (mirdeneń)
ablative
(than ...)
мирдеде (mirdede)
inessive
(in ...)
мирдесэ (mirdesë)
elative
(out of ...)
мирдестэ (mirdestë)
illative
(into ...)
мирдес (mirdes)
prolative
(through ...)
мирдева (mirdeva)
translative
(becoming ...)
мирдекс (mirdeks)
comparative
(like ...)
мирдешка (mirdeška)
abessive
(without ...)
мирдевтеме (mirdevteme)

References

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