сынь

See also: сынъ and сꙑнъ

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *siń, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *sej. Cognates include Moksha синь (siń), Finnish he, hyö, Northern Sami sii.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

сынь • (sïń)

  1. they (third person plural)
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 4:
      Syń kultsonoź ińazorośt moľźt, i seste täštšeś, konań neize syń tši liśme pele, moľź ikelest, i saź lotkaź se tarkas värde, koso uľneź eikakšoś.
      After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

Declension

Declension of сынь (sïń)
singular plural
nominative сон (son) сынь (sïń)
genitive сонзэ (sonzë) сынст (sïnst)
dative сонензэ (sonenzë), тензэ (tenzë) сыненст (sïnenst), тенст (tenst)
ablative сондензэ (sondenzë) сындест (sïndest)
inessive соньсэнзэ (sonsënzë) сыньсэст (sïnsëst)
elative соньстэнзэ (sonstënzë) сыньстэст (sïnstëst)
illative соньзэнзэ (sonzënzë) сыньзэст (sïnzëst)
prolative соньганзо (sońganzo) сыньгаст (sïńgast)
translative соньксэнзэ (sońksënzë) сыньксэст (sïńksëst)
abessive сонтемензэ (sontemenzë) сынтемест (sïntemest)
comparative соньшканзо (sońškanzo) сыньшкаст (sïńškast)

See also

Erzya personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person мон (mon) минь (miń)
2nd person тон (ton) тынь (tïń)
3rd person сон (son) сынь (sïń)

References

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