теште
See also: тёще
Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *ťäšťə, from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *täštä (“star”). Compare Moksha тяште (täšte), Finnish tähti, Livonian tēd, Kildin Sami та̄ссьт (tāss’t), Eastern Mari тиште (tište).
Pronunciation
Noun
теште • (tešte)
- star
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 4:
- Miń neinek täštšenze sońze tši liśme peľde, i synek śukuńamo tenze.
- We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
теште (tešte) | тештеть (tešteť) |
| genitive (of ...) |
тештень (tešteń) | — |
| dative (to ...) |
тештенень (tešteneń) | — |
| ablative (than ...) |
тештеде (teštede) | — |
| inessive (in ...) |
тештесэ (teštesë) | — |
| elative (out of ...) |
тештестэ (teštestë) | — |
| illative (into ...) |
тештес (teštes) | — |
| prolative (through ...) |
тештева (tešteva) | — |
| translative (becoming ...) |
тештекс (tešteks) | — |
| comparative (like ...) |
тештешка (tešteška) | — |
| abessive (without ...) |
тештевтеме (teštevteme) | — |
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “теште”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1635 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.