веженсь

Erzya

Etymology

веж- (vež-) +‎ -нь (-ń) +‎ -сь (-ś)

The -нь (-ń) stem may be related to Finnish -in (superlative suffix). Compare Erzya иненсь (inenś, “the oldest”) (from ине (ine, “great, old”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

веженсь • (veženś)

  1. younger, youngest, little
    веженсь цёра ― veženś ćora ― the youngest son

Declension

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References

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