ӓтя

Western Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari [Term?]. Cognates include Eastern Mari ача (ača). About the further origin of the word exist two theories:

• From Proto-Uralic *attɜ. Compare Udmurt атай (ataj) and Hungarian atya.
• Borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *ata. Compare Tatar ата (ata) and Bashkir атай (atay).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæcæ/
• Rhymes: -æcæ
• Hyphenation: ӓ‧тя

Noun

ӓтя • (äta)

1. father

Declension

Declension of ӓтя
	singular	plural
nominative	ӓтя (äta)	ӓтявлӓ (ätavlä)
accusative	ӓтям (ätam)	ӓтявлӓм (ätavläm)
genitive	ӓтян (ätan)	ӓтявлӓн (ätavlän)
dative	ӓтялӓн (ätalän)	ӓтявлӓге (ätavläge)
comitative	ӓтяге (ätage)	ӓтявлӓлӓн (ätavlälän)
comparative	ӓтялӓ (ätalä)	ӓтявлӓлӓ (ätavlälä)
inessive	ӓтяштӹ (ätaštÿ)	ӓтявлӓштӹ (ätavläštÿ)
illative (short)	ӓтяш (ätaš)	ӓтявлӓш (ätavläš)
illative (long)	ӓтяшкӹ (ätaškÿ)	ӓтявлӓшкӹ (ätavläškÿ)
lative	ӓтяеш (ätaješ)	ӓтявлӓэш (ätavläeš)

References

• Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “ӓтя”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
• K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 217