пизем

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *pisa-~*piśa- (to rain). Related to Erzya пиземе (pizeme, rain), Finnish pisara (drop).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʲizʲem/[1]

Noun

пизем • (piźəm)

  1. rain
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Атям (атям мархта пизепт)
      Atäm (atäm marxta pizept )
      Thunder (thunder with rain)

Usage notes

According to Paasonen, the Mordvinic languages have a verb пиземс (pizems, to rain), calquing Russian where rain and snow is said "to go" is, however, very common, the verbs молемс (molems) and тумс (tums) are used for this purpose.

Declension

Indefinite declension of пизем
singular plural
nominative пизем (pizem) пизепт (pizept)
genitive пиземонь (pizemoń)
dative пиземонди (pizemondi)
ablative пиземда (pizemda)
inessive пиземса (pizemsa)
elative пиземста (pizemsta)
illative пиземс (pizems)
prolative пиземга (pizemga)
comparative пиземшка (pizemška)
translative пиземкс (pizemks)
abessive пиземфтома (pizemftoma)
causative пиземонкса (pizemonksa)
Definite declension of пизем
singular plural
nominative пиземсь (pizemś) пизепне (pizepne)
genitive пиземть (pizemť) пизепнень (pizepneń)
dative пиземти (pizemti) пизепненди (pizepnendi)

References

  1. ^ ṕiźem in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch