Doctor of philological sciences, professor Ogarev Mordovia State University Saransk, Russia [email protected]
Abstract.The article gives a detailed analysis of the possessive relationship between the owner (the one who owns) and the possessed (what belongs) in singular and plural. Particular attention is drawn to these combinations: 1) one winner – much possessed, 2) many owners of one possessed, 3) many owners – many possessed. In all of these combinations are identifi ed affi xes denoting these relationship, and the designation of these relations on the dialects of Erzya language is not the same.
Keywords: speech, dialect, grammatical meaning, personal possessive affi xes, plural possessors and possessed.