ривезь

Erzya

Ривезь.

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *repä-ćɜ (“fox”). Cognates include Finnish repo, Estonian repane, Hungarian ravasz.

Noun

ривезь • (riveź)

1. fox
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 25:

     Jisus kortli tenze: rivezeń uľt vaŕat i mäneleń narmoneń pizat, a lomań tśoraśt araś, koso pŕanzo komavtovlize.

     Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Declension

Indefinite declension of ривезь (soft consonant stem (ривезь) type)

	singular	plural
nominative	ривезь (ŕiveź)	ривезть (ŕiveźť)
genitive	ривезень (ŕiveźeń)	—
dative	ривезнень (ŕiveźńeń)	—
ablative	ривезде (ŕiveźďe)	—
inessive	ривезьсэ (ŕiveźse)	—
elative	ривезьстэ (ŕiveźste)	—
illative	ривезес (ŕiveźes)	—
prolative	ривезьга (ŕiveźga)	—
translative	ривезекс (ŕiveźeks)	—
comparative	ривезьшка (ŕiveźška)	—
abessive	ривезтеме (ŕiveźťeme)	—

References

• ривезь (ŕiveź) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
• Entry #859 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.