инь

See also: инъ

Moksha

Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare Tatar ин (in).[1] Veršinin notes resemblance with Eastern Mari эн (en, “id.”) (usually considered a Turkic borrowing.) He also compares Erzya ине (ińe, “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 • (iń)

  1. used with adjectives to form superlatives
    инь сире
    iń śiŕe
    oldest

Synonyms

References
  1. Handbuch Der Orientalistik
  2. Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 88

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 陰／阴 (yīn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [inʲ]

Noun

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

  1. yin
    Antonym: ян (jan)
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