вирь

Erzya

Вирь.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *viŕə~*viŕä, cognate with Moksha вирь (viŕ). Possibly a doublet of Erzya вере (veŕe, up), which is from Proto-Uralic *wäre with cognates including Estonian veer (edge), Finnish vieri (side),[1] Lule Sami vierra, Northern Sami vierra (ridge).[2]

Alternatively, from Pre-Mordvinic *vēri, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vēr-i/e- (compare Latvian vēris, vēre (a big forest, a big deciduous forest)).[3]

Noun

вирь • (viŕ)

  1. forest

Declension

References

  1. veer”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. вирь (viŕ) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
  3. Riho Grünthal. Baltic loanwords in Mordvin, p. 336-337

Further reading

  • Indefinite paradigm of вирь (viŕ) in Cygankin, D. V. (1980) Grammatika mordovskix jazykov. Fonetika, grafika, orfografija, morfologija [Mordvinic grammar] (in Russian), Saransk, page 154

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *viŕə~*viŕä. Cognates include Erzya вирь (viŕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vʲirʲ/

Noun

вирь • (viŕ)

  1. forest

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of вирь (viŕ) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 11
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