верь

Erzya

Alternative forms

  • вӓрь (väŕ)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ver, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *were. Cognates include Moksha вер (ver), Finnish veri, Livonian ver, Eastern Mari вӱр (vür), Hungarian vér.

Pronunciation

Noun

верь • (veŕ)

  1. (anatomy) blood
    вересь яки сангаvereś jaki sanga[the] blood is flowing in veins
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 80:
      I kortliťado: ulevlińdäŕatanok miń täťanok tšisest, seste avolinek valno proroktneń verest.
      And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Declension

Indefinite declension of верь (soft consonant stem (ривезь) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
верь (veŕ) верть (verť)
genitive
(of ...)
верень (vereń)
dative
(to ...)
вернень (verneń)
ablative
(than ...)
верде (verde)
inessive
(in ...)
верьсэ (versë)
elative
(out of ...)
верьстэ (verstë)
illative
(into ...)
верес (veres)
prolative
(through ...)
верьга (veŕga)
translative
(becoming ...)
верекс (vereks)
comparative
(like ...)
верьшка (veŕška)
abessive
(without ...)
вертеме (verteme)

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “верь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1152 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲerʲ]

Verb

верь • (verʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ве́рить (véritʹ)