кши

Erzya

Alternative forms

кше (kše)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kšsə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *kürsä (whence Finnish kyrsä). The last vowel's variant preserved in Erzya рошксе (roškse), кошксе (koškse).

Pronunciation

Noun

кши • (kši)

bread
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 8:
  Avoľ antśak kšede eri lomań, no eŕva valdo, kona lisi pazoń kurgostonzo.
  Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Declension

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Indefinite declension of кши (front-vowel stem (ки) type)
case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	кши (kši)	кшить (kšiť)
genitive (of ...)	кшинь (kšiń)	—
dative (to ...)	кшинень (kšineń)	—
ablative (than ...)	кшиде (kšide)	—
inessive (in ...)	кшисэ (kšisë)	—
elative (out of ...)	кшистэ (kšistë)	—
illative (into ...)	кшис (kšis)	—
prolative (through ...)	кшива (kšiva)	—
translative (becoming ...)	кшикс (kšiks)	—
comparative (like ...)	кшишка (kšiška)	—
abessive (without ...)	кшивтеме (kšivteme)	—

References

B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кши”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
Entry #1351 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., page 68