-зень
Moksha
Etymology
The objective template V + IO + IT + -n- + IS with all the slots filled in is expected to yield a Common-Mordvinic *kunda-s-aj2-n-zə (using кундамс (kundams) as an example) "he/she/it caught them." In Erzya this produced кундынзе (kundynze) and in Moksha — кундазень (kundazenʹ). The Erzya suffix preserves the object plurality marker -n-, Moksha does not. A false subject marker (Serebrennikov uses the word ложный (ložnyj)) -нь (-nʹ) is added to the Moksha suffix.[1]
Suffix
-зень • (-zenʹ)
- objective conjugation ending indicating that he/she/it carried out actions involving a plural 3rd person object
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Moksha_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C' title='Category:Moksha words suffixed with -зень'>Moksha words suffixed with -зень</a>
See also
- -зе (-ze) (he/she/it carried out actions involving a singular 3rd person object)
References
- Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 199