ривезь
Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *repä-ćɜ or *repäs (“fox”). Cognates include Finnish repo, Estonian repane, Hungarian ravasz. Ultimately borrowed from Indo-Iranian; compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬞𐬌 (raopi).
Pronunciation
Noun
ривезь • (riveź)
- fox
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 25:
- Jisus kortli tenze: rivezeń uľt vaŕat i mäneleń narmoneń pizat, a lomań tśoraśt araś, koso pŕanzo komavtovlize.
- Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
ривезь (riveź) | ривезть (rivezť) |
| genitive (of ...) |
ривезень (rivezeń) | — |
| dative (to ...) |
ривезнень (rivezneń) | — |
| ablative (than ...) |
ривезде (rivezde) | — |
| inessive (in ...) |
ривезьсэ (rivezsë) | — |
| elative (out of ...) |
ривезьстэ (rivezstë) | — |
| illative (into ...) |
ривезес (rivezes) | — |
| prolative (through ...) |
ривезьга (riveźga) | — |
| translative (becoming ...) |
ривезекс (rivezeks) | — |
| comparative (like ...) |
ривезьшка (riveźška) | — |
| abessive (without ...) |
ривезтеме (rivezteme) | — |
References
- ривезь (riveź) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
- Entry #859 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.