Peculiarities of the Terminology of Weaving and Spinning in the Mari Language

The paper is devoted to the study and identification of the features of the lexical fund associated with weaving and spinning in the Mari language and its dialects. These words are considered in terms of origin, semantics and word formation. This analysis is one of the necessary stages for a comprehensive study of craft vocabulary based on field data and lexicographic sources. In the materials received, vocabulary was highlighted, it was classified according to the system of thematic groups and subgroups. As a result of the study, it was established that in addition to words that coincide with the lexical units of the literary language, phonetic, lexical and semantic dialect words are found in the Mari language. The foreign language layer of the analyzed vocabulary is represented by borrowings from the Chuvash, Tatar and Russian languages. The need to study this topic is dictated by the low degree of knowledge of weaving and spinning terms in the Mari language and its dialects. The vocabulary of the subject group under consideration contains information about the material culture and economic activities of the Mari. Nowadays, spinning and weaving are a thing of the past, and with it the vocabulary associated with this type of activity disappears. The collection, systematization and comprehensive analysis of spinning and weaving vocabulary is therefore an important task for researchers. The paper uses descriptive, comparative-comparative methods and a method of structural-semantic analysis.