PRINTED LEXICOGRAPHIC EDITIONS OF XVIII-XX CENTURIES AS THE SOURCE OF STUDYING MARI SOMATIC VOCABULARY
<i>The first published editions, where the first Mari words were fixed, belong to the end of the 17</i><sup><i>th </i></sup><i>century. More detailed investigation of Mari people, Mari culture and language began in the second quarter of the 18</i><sup><i>th</i></sup><i> century. This article is devoted to the main sources, where somatic words were included in a certain extent. Studied lexicographic sources were published in the 18</i><sup><i>th</i></sup><i>-20</i><sup><i>th</i></sup><i> centuries.</i>