ёвкс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jovks. Cognate with Moksha ёфкс (jofks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jovks/
  • Hyphenation: ёвкс

Noun

ёвкс • (jovks)

  1. fairy tale
    теке ёвкссоteke jovkssolike in a fairy tale
  2. parable
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 80:
      Arkiereitne i Fariseitne maŕaź sońze jovksonzo tšarkoďźt, son syńdest kortli.
      When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.
  3. (colloquial) lies

Declension

Indefinite declension of ёвкс (hard consonant stem (сан) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
ёвкс (jovks) ёвкст (jovkst)
genitive
(of ...)
ёвксонь (jovksoń)
dative
(to ...)
ёвкснэнь (jovksnëń)
ablative
(than ...)
ёвксдо (jovksdo)
inessive
(in ...)
ёвкссо (jovksso)
elative
(out of ...)
ёвкссто (jovkssto)
illative
(into ...)
ёвксс (jovkss)
prolative
(through ...)
ёвксга (jovksga)
translative
(becoming ...)
ёвкскс (jovksks)
comparative
(like ...)
ёвксшка (jovksška)
abessive
(without ...)
ёвкстомо (jovkstomo)
Definite declension of ёвкс (hard consonant stem (сан) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
ёвксось (jovksoś) ёвкстнэ (jovkstnë)
genitive
(of ...)
ёвксонть (jovksonť) ёвкстнэнь (jovkstnëń)
dative
(to ...)
ёвксонтень (jovksonteń) ёвкстнэнень (jovkstnëneń)
ablative
(than ...)
ёвксдонть (jovksdonť) ёвкстнэде (jovkstnëde)
inessive
(in ...)
ёвкссонть (jovkssonť) ёвкстнэсэ (jovkstnësë)
elative
(out of ...)
ёвксстонть (jovksstonť) ёвкстнэстэ (jovkstnëstë)
illative
(into ...)
ёвксонтень (jovksonteń) ёвкстнэс (jovkstnës)
prolative
(through ...)
ёвксванть (jovksvanť) ёвкстнэва (jovkstnëva)
translative
(becoming ...)
comparative
(like ...)
ёвксошканть (jovksoškanť) ёвкстнэшка (jovkstnëška)
abessive
(without ...)
ёвксвтомонть (jovksvtomonť) ёвкстнэвтеме (jovkstnëvteme)

References

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