личнай

Moksha

Etymology

Evidently borrowed from Russian ли́чный (líčnyj, “personal”), from лицо́ (licó, “face; person”).

Morphologically from личн (ličn) +‎ -ай (-aj) — a common Moksha adaptation of Russian -ый (-yj, “[adjective forming suffix]”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

личнай • (ličnaj)

(grammar) personal
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 94
  Личные местоимения — Личнай местоимениятне
  Ličnyje mestoimenija — Ličnaj mestoimenijatne
  Personal pronouns [in Russian] — Personal pronouns

Usage notes

This term is used in relation to grammatical concepts, in other cases эсь (esʹ, “one's own”), монцень (moncenʹ, “my private”), тонцень (toncenʹ, “your private”), etc., are used.[1]

Declension

Definite declension of личнай

	singular	plural
nominative	личнайсь (ličnajsʹ)	личнайхне (ličnajxne)
genitive	личнайть (ličnajtʹ)	личнайхнень (ličnajxnenʹ)
dative	личнайти (ličnajti)	личнайхненди (ličnajxnendi)

References

V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 229

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[1] V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 229