ниле

Erzya

**Erzya cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : ниле (nile)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ńiľə, from Proto-Uralic *neljä (“four”). Cognates include Finnish neljä, Estonian neli, Northern Sami njeallje, Eastern Mari ныл (nyl), Hungarian négy.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ниле • (nile)

four
Ветестэ саемс ниле карми вейке.
Vetestë sajems nile karmi vejke.
Five minus four is one.
- 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke‎^[1], page 235:
  А кортатадо-ли тынь: ощо ниле ковт да сы нуйма лаҥго?
  A kortatado-li tïń: oščo nile kovt da sï nujma laŋgo?
  Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’?

Declension

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References

ниле (nile) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
Entry #620 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Moksha

**Moksha cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : ниле (nile)

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *neljä. Cognates include Finnish neljä, Estonian neli, Northern Sami njeallje, and Hungarian négy.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nʲilʲæ/

Numeral

ниле • (nile)

four

Declension

Indefinite declension of **ниле**
	singular	plural
nominative	ниле (nile)	нилет (nilet)
genitive	нилень (nileń)	—
dative	ниленди (nilendi)	—
ablative	ниледа (nileda)	—
inessive	нилеса (nilesa)	—
elative	нилеста (nilesta)	—
illative	нилес (niles)	—
prolative	нилева (nileva)	—
comparative	нилешка (nileška)	—
translative	нилекс (nileks)	—
abessive	нилефтома (nileftoma)	—
causative	ниленкса (nilenksa)	—

Definite declension of **ниле**
	singular	plural
nominative	нилесь (nileś)	нилетне (niletne)
genitive	нилеть (nileť)	нилетнень (niletneń)
dative	нилети (nileti)	нилетненди (niletnendi)

Derived terms

нилева (nileva)
нилеце (nilece)
нильгемонце (niľgemonce)

References

^ ниле (nile) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus