мылам
Belarusian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɨɫam]
Noun
мы́лам • (mýlam)
- instrumental singular of мы́ла (mýla)
Eastern Mari
Etymology
From мый (myj, “I”) + -ла (-la, “dative suffix”) + -м (-m, “1st person singular possessive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈlɑm/
- Rhymes: -ɑm
- Hyphenation: мы‧лам
Pronoun
мылам • (mylam)
- to me
- мылам книгам пу
- mylam kńigam pu
- give the book to me
Declension
| Personal pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | accusative | genitive | dative | |
| 1st sg | мый (myj) | мыйым (myjym) | мыйын (myjyn) | мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam) |
| 2nd sg | тый (tyj) | тыйым (tyjym) | тыйын (tyjyn) | тыланет (tylańet) ~ мылат (mylat) |
| 3rd sg | тудо (tudo) | тудым (tudym) | тудын (tudyn) | тудлан (tudlan) |
| 1st pl | ме (me) | мемнам (memnam) | мемнан (memnan) | мыланна (mylanna) |
| 2nd pl | те (te) | тендам (tendam) | тендан (tendan) | тыланда (tylanda) |
| 3rd pl | нуно (nuno) | нуным (nunym) | нунын (nunyn) | нунылан (nunylan) |
| *) There are two forms for personal pronouns in the first and second persons singular in the dative: мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam) and тыланет (tylańet) ~ тылат (tylat). There is no overt difference in usage between the two forms. The nominative forms мый (myj) and mый (myj) also have long forms, мые and тые (tyje); these are typically encountered in poetic speech. | ||||
Related terms
pronouns
- мый (myj)
References
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “мылам”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɨˈɫam]
Noun
мыла́м • (mylám) n inan pl
- dative plural of мы́ло (mýlo)