изь

See also: изъ

Moksha

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Erzya эзь (ezʹ). The form изень (izenʹ, “I'm not”) corresponds to Eastern Mari ышым (əšəm, “id.”), the initial element should be considered of the same origin as in иля (ilja),[1] see лия (lija) for more.

Pronunciation

Verb

изь • (izʹ)

  1. third-person singular first past form of the negative verb
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21
      изь яка
      izʹ jaka
      [he] didn't go

Conjugation
Past I forms of the negative verb
person singular person plural
мон (mon) ашень / изень (ašenʹ / izenʹ) минь (minʹ) ашеме / иземе (ašeme / izeme)
тон (ton) ашеть / изеть (ašetʹ / izetʹ) тинь (tinʹ) ашеде / изеде (ašede / izede)
сон (son) ашезь / изь (ašezʹ / izʹ) синь (sinʹ) ашесть / исть (ašestʹ / istʹ)

References
  1. Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mordovskix (erzjanskovo i mokšanskovo) jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 84
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