удомс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *udəms, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ade-. Cognates include Northern Sami oađđit, Kildin Sami вуэдтӭ (vuedt’e) and Hungarian alszik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /udoms/
• Rhymes: -oms
• Hyphenation: у‧домс

Verb

удомс • (udoms) (present уды, past удось)

1. to sleep

   домкасто удомс ― domkasto udoms ― to sleep deeply

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 29:

     Seste meŕź tenst: lisede ušov, seks eź kuloź tehteŕś, no udy. I pejedeźt langsonzo.

     He said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him.

     (literally, “[...] not dead but sleeping.”)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “удомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #660 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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Verb

удомс • (udoms)

1. to sleep