инь

See also: инъ

Moksha

Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare Tatar [script needed] (in).[1] Veršinin notes resemblance with Eastern Mari эн (èn, “id.”) (usually considered a Turkic borrowing.) He also compares Erzya ине (ine, “great”) (according to SKES, cognate with Estonian enam (“more”), Finnish enin (“the biggest”), Livonian jennõ (“a lot”)) also comparing Proto-Finnic superlative suffix — Finnish suuri (“big”), suurin (“the biggest”).[2]

Preposition

инь • (inʹ)

  1. used with adjectives to form superlatives
    инь сире
    inʹ sire
    oldest

Synonyms

References
  1. Handbuch Der Orientalistik
  2. 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 88

Russian

Etymology

From Mandarin 陰

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [inʲ]

Noun

инь • (inʹ) f inan or n inan (indeclinable) (usually indeclinable)

  1. yin

Antonyms
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