мокта•ш (-ем)
{verb II} [Generate paradigm] 1. to praise, laud
♢ ӱ•дыржым мокта• {sentence} (s)he's praising his/her daughter
♦ мо•ктымым йӧратыма•ш {noun} vanity
♦ икта•ж-кӧм утыжде•не мокта•ш (-ем) {verb II} to praise somebody excessively
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// мокте•н нала•ш (-ам) {verb I} {perfective} (see above)
♢ кувава•й уныка•жым мокте•н на•л'е {sentence} the grandmother praised her grandchild
// мокте•н пытара•ш (-ем) {verb II} {perfective} (see above); to overpraise, to give undue praise
// туне•мшым мокте•н пытара•ш (-ем) {verb II} to overpraise a pupil