аф

Moksha

Etymology

Likely related to апак (apak),[1] see there for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑf/

Particle

аф • (af)

  1. negative particle; do not, does not (a particle that (in its unconjugated form) negates the verb in present, conditional and desiderative)
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      английскяй и французскяй кяльхнень аф содасайне
      anglijskjaj i francuzskjaj kjalʹxnenʹ af sodasajne
      I don't know English and French
  2. negative particle; no (shorthand for repeating a negated version of the previous statement)
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 9
      тон тонафнят? — аф, мон покан
      ton tonafnjat? — af, mon pokan
      do you study? — no, I work (~ I do not study, I work)

Conjugation
Past II/subjunctive conjugation of аф
person singular person plural
мон (mon) афолень (afolenʹ) минь (minʹ) афолеме (afoleme)
тон (ton) афолеть (afoletʹ) тинь (tinʹ) афоледе (afolede)
сон (son) афоль (afolʹ) синь (sinʹ) афольхть (afolʹxtʹ)
Past II/subjunctive objective (1st person object) conjugation of аф
person singular person plural
мон (mon) — минь (minʹ) —
тон (ton) афолемайть (afolemajtʹ) тинь (tinʹ) афолемасть (afolemastʹ)
сон (son) афолемань (afolemanʹ) синь (sinʹ) афолемазь (afolemazʹ)
Past II/subjunctive objective (2nd person object) conjugation of аф
person singular person plural
мон (mon) афолихтень (afolixtenʹ) минь (minʹ) афоледязь (afoledjazʹ)
тон (ton) — тинь (tinʹ) —
сон (son) афолензе (afolenze) синь (sinʹ) афоледязь (afoledjazʹ)
Past II/subjunctive objective (3rd person object) conjugation of аф
person singular person plural
мон (mon) афолине (afoline) минь (minʹ) афолеськ (afolesʹk)
тон (ton) афолить (afolitʹ) тинь (tinʹ) афолесть (afolestʹ)
сон (son) афолезе / афолезень (afoleze / afolezenʹ) синь (sinʹ) афолезь (afolezʹ)

Conjunction

аф • (af)

  1. neither (..) nor
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      аф тон, аф мон
      af ton, af mon
      neither you nor I

Derived terms

References
  1. Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mordovskix (erzjanskovo i mokšanskovo) jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 23
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