CONCEPTIONS <i>VOSTEM, DYG</i> AND <i>VOG </i>IN THE UDMURT LANGUAGE
The article examines certain “traditional” features of the Udmurt character, fixed more than once in the ethnographical sources of the XIX - beginning of the XX century. Conceptions vostem “harmless, modest, quiet, good-natured, gentle, mild, meek, shy”, dyg “slow, sluggish, inefficient; lazy, slack, clumsy” and vog “stubborn, capricious, wilful” are examined from the conceptual viewpoint. The author found out that these traits of character are valuated negatively by the native speakers. The analysis of lexical, phraseological units as well as proverbs and sayings led to such conclusions.