mokšy
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mokrъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian mokry, Polish mokry, Czech mokrý, Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ), Russian мокрый (mokryj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɔkʃɨ]
Adjective
mokšy (comparative mokśejšy, superlative nejmokśejšy, adverb mokšo)
- wet (covered with or impregnated with liquid)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | virile | nonvirile | ||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||||
| nominative vocative |
mokšy | mokše | mokša | mokšej | mokše | |||||
| genitive | mokšego mokšeg¹ |
mokšeje mokšej¹ |
mokšeju | mokšych | ||||||
| dative | mokšemu mokšem¹ |
mokšej | mokšyma | mokšym | ||||||
| accusative | mokšego mokšeg¹ |
mokšy | mokše | mokšu | mokšeju | mokšej | mokše, mokšych | mokše | ||
| instrumental | mokšym | mokšeju mokšej¹ |
mokšyma | mokšymi | ||||||
| locative | mokšem mokšym² |
mokšej | mokšyma | mokšych | ||||||
¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal
Antonyms
- suchy (“dry”)
References
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “mokšy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag