велаш

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *wälä-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βeˈlɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʃ
• Hyphenation: ве‧лаш

Verb

велаш • (velaš) (type I conjugation)

1. to spill, to be spilled, to be spilt, to spill out, to pour out

   вӱд велын

   vüd velyn

   water was spilled

2. to fall, to fall down, to drop

   олма велеш

   olma veĺeš

   apples are dropping off the tree

3. to be ripe for the harvest (crops)

   уржа велын: поген налаш шуын

   urža velyn: pogen nalaš šuyn

   the rye is ripe for harvest, it's time to reap it

4. to boil over

   шӧр велеш

   šör veĺeš

   the milk is boiling over

Conjugation

Conjugation of велаш (velaš)
	Present indicative		Present desiderative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	велам (velam)	ом вел (om vel)	велнем (velńem)	ынем вел (yńem vel)
2nd singular	велат (velat)	от вел (ot vel)	велнет (velńet)	ынет вел (yńet vel)
3rd singular	велеш (veĺeš)	ок/огеш вел (ok/ogeš vel)	велнеже (velńeže)	ынеж вел (yńež vel)
1st plural	велына (velyna)	она/огына вел (ona/ogyna vel)	велнена (velńena)	ынена вел (yńena vel)
2nd plural	велыда (velyda)	ода/огыда вел (oda/ogyda vel)	велнеда (velńeda)	ынеда вел (yńeda vel)
3rd plural	велыт (velyt)	огыт вел (ogyt vel)	велнешт (velńešt)	ынешт вел (yńešt vel)
	Direct past indicative		Reported past indicative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	велым (velym)	шым вел (šym vel)	велынам (velynam)	велын омыл (velyn omyl)
2nd singular	велыч (velyč)	шыч вел (šyč vel)	велынат (velynat)	велын отыл (velyn otyl)
3rd singular	веле (veĺe)	ыш вел (yš vel)	велын (velyn)	велын огыл (velyn ogyl)
1st plural	велна (velna)	ышна вел (yšna vel)	велынна (velynna)	велын онал/огынал (velyn onal/ogynal)
2nd plural	велда (velda)	ышда вел (yšda vel)	велында (velynda)	велын одал/огыдал (velyn odal/ogydal)
3rd plural	велыч (velyč)	ышт вел (yšt vel)	велыныт (velynyt)	велын огытыл (velyn ogytyl)
	Imperative		Infinitive	велаш (velaš)
	positive	negative	Necessitive infinitive	велман (velman)
2nd singular	вел (vel)	ит вел (it vel)	Active participle	велше (velše)
3rd singular	велже (velže)	ынже вел (ynže vel)	Passive participle	велме (velme)
1st plural	велына (velyna)	она/огына вел (ona/ogyna vel)	Future participle	велшаш (velšaš)
2nd plural	велза (velza)	ида вел (ida vel)	Negative participle	велдыме (veldyme)
3nd plural	велышт (velyšt)	ынышт вел (ynyšt vel)	Verbal noun	велмаш (velmaš)
*) The future indicative is formed by using the infinitive and the present indicative forms of тӱҥалаш (tüŋalaš). **) The past progressive is formed by using the present indicative forms and the 3rd person singular of the past indicatives of улаш (ulaš). ***) The past desiderative is formed by using the present desiderative forms and the 3rd person singular of the past indicatives of улаш (ulaš).

Verb

велаш • (velaš) (type II conjugation)

1. (transitive) to spill
2. to shake off, to blow off

   мардеж лышташым велен

   mardež lyštašym veĺen

   the wind blew the leaves off

3. to melt, to smelt
4. to cast, to found
5. to lose, to shed

   куэ шыжым лышташыжым вела

   kue šyžym lyštašyžym vela

   the birch tree loses its leaves in the fall

6. to photograph

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “велаш”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna