менель
Erzya
Alternative forms
- мӓнель (mäneľ)
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *meńəľ, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mińi (“sky”). Cognate with Moksha менель (meneľ), Hungarian menny (“heaven”).
Pronunciation
Noun
менель • (meneľ)
- sky
- пельтеме менель ― pelteme meneľ ― cloudless sky
- heaven
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 17:
- Sazo minenek ińazoro-kirdimat tońt; uleze oľat tońt, mastor langsojak isťa koda mäneľse.
- Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Declension
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References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “менель”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #545 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Moksha
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *meńəľ. Cognate with Erzya менель (meneľ), Hungarian menny (“heaven”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmenʲəlʲ/
- Rhymes: -enʲəlʲ
- Hyphenation: ме‧нель
Noun
ме́нель • (méneľ)
- sky
- 1892, M. E. Evsevyev, Букварь для мордвы-мокши [Primer for the Moksha Mordovians][1], Kazan: Orthodox Missionary Society, page 34:
- Менельса эряй алянекя̈!
- Meneľsa eräj alänekä̈!
- Our father resident in the sky!
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
менель (meneľ) | менельхть (menelxť) |
| genitive (of ...) |
менелень (meneleń) | |
| dative (to ...) |
менеленди (menelendi) | |
| comparative (like ...) |
менельшка (meneľška) | |
| ablative (than ...) |
менельда (meneľda) | |
| lative (into ...) |
менели (meneli) | |
| illative (into ...) |
менельс (meneľs) | |
| inessive (in ...) |
менельса (meneľsa) | |
| elative (out of ...) |
менельста (meneľsta) | |
| prolative (through ...) |
менельгя (meneľgä) | |
| causative (for ...) |
менеленкса (menelenksa) | |
| translative (becoming ...) |
менелькс (meneľks) | |
| abessive (without ...) |
менельфтома (meneľftoma) | |
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
менельсь (menelś) | менельне (menelne) |
| genitive (of ...) |
менельть (menelť) | менельнень (menelneń) |
| dative (to ...) |
менельти (menelti) | менельненди (menelnendi) |