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)

  1. 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

Indefinite declension of теште (front-vowel stem (ки) type)
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.