эйә

See also: эйе and әйе

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *Edi (“owner, host”).[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (igä, “owner”);[2] Tatar ия (iyä), Kazakh ие (ie), Kyrgyz ээ (ee), Southern Altai ээ (ee), Tuvan ээ (ee), Uzbek ega, Uyghur ئىگە (ige), Azerbaijani yiyə, Turkish iye (“owner, possessor”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɪ̞ˈjæ]
  • Hyphenation: э‧йә

Noun

эйә • (eyə)

  1. owner, possessor
    Synonym: хужа (xuja)
  2. (linguistics) subject
  3. (mythology) spirit/sprite living in and controlling a certain location
    Өй эйәһе.
    Öy eyəhe.
    House spirit.
    Һыу эйәһе.
    Hıw eyəhe.
    Water sprite.

Declension
Declension of эйә (eyə)
singular plural
absolute эйә (eyə) эйәләр (eyələr)
definite genitive эйәнең (eyəneñ) эйәләрҙең (eyələrźeñ)
dative эйәгә (eyəgə) эйәләргә (eyələrgə)
definite accusative эйәне (eyəne) эйәләрҙе (eyələrźe)
locative эйәлә (eyələ) эйәләрҙә (eyələrźə)
ablative эйәнән (eyənən) эйәләрҙән (eyələrźən)

Predicative

эйә • (eyə) (takes dative case, takes the final position in the sentence)

  1. have, possess a certain property
    Йүкә балы тәмле, хуш еҫле, ҙур дауалау көсөнә эйә.
    Yükə balı təmle, xuş yeśle, źur dawalaw kösönə eyə.
    Linden honey is palatable, has a pleasant smell and great medicinal properties.
    Сит кешенең ҡолағына ят булып ишетелгән атамалар шул төбәктә тыуып үҫкәндәр өсөн ҙур мәғәнәгә эйә.
    Sit keşeneñ qolağına yat bulıp işetelgən atamalar şul töbəktə tıwıp üśkəndər ösön źur məğənəgə eyə.
    The place names that sound strange to a foreigner's ears, have a deep meaning for those who were born and grew up in that region.

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Edi”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 204
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