Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *pəŕgə-~*piŕgə-, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *perkūnas (whence Latvian pērkons and Lithuanian perkūnas). Finnish perkele and Estonian pergel borrowed from the same Baltic root.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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пурьгине (puŕgińe)

  1. thunder
    Кулясь сась прок маней менельстэ пурьгине.
    Kuľaś saś prok mańej meńeľste puŕgińe .
    The message came like a bolt from the blue.
    (literally, “like a thunder”)

Declension

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References

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  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN