пенч

Erzya

Alternative forms

  • пӓнч (pänč)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *peńč ~ *penč, inherited from Proto-Uralic *peńɜ (spoon). Cognate with Udmurt пуньы (puńy) and Komi-Zyrian пань (pań).

Pronunciation

Noun

пенч • (penč)

  1. spoon

Declension

Indefinite declension of пенч (soft consonant stem (вирь) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
пенч (penč) пенчть (penčť)
genitive
(of ...)
пенчень (penčeń)
dative
(to ...)
пенчнень (penčneń)
ablative
(than ...)
пенчде (penčde)
inessive
(in ...)
пенчсэ (penčsë)
elative
(out of ...)
пенчстэ (penčstë)
illative
(into ...)
пенчьс (penčs)
prolative
(through ...)
пенчга (penčga)
translative
(becoming ...)
пенчекс (penčeks)
comparative
(like ...)
пенчшка (penčška)
abessive
(without ...)
пенчтеме (penčteme)

Derived terms

  • nouns: пенчке (penčke)

Compounds

  • adverbs: пенчпесэ (penčpesë)
  • nouns: инепенч (inepenč), пенчкирь (penčkiŕ), пенчпарго (penčpargo), пенчть-вакант (penčť-vakant)

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “пенч”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #745 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.