-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 (kundinźe) and in Moksha — кундазень (kundaźeń). The Erzya suffix preserves the object plurality marker -n-, Moksha does not. A false subject marker (Serebrennikov uses the word ложный (ložnyj)) -нь (-ń) is added to the Moksha suffix.[1]

Suffix

-зень • (-źeń)

  1. objective conjugation ending indicating that he/she/it carried out actions involving a plural 3rd person object

Derived terms
Moksha terms suffixed with -зень

See also
  • -зе (-źe) (he/she/it carried out actions involving a singular 3rd person object)

References
  1. Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 199
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