-ejais

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Latgalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Latvian -ējs. The Latgalian suffix was a merger of the definite and indefinite paradigms.

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ejais

  1. Used to form adjectives from adverbs.
    ‎tagad (“now”) + ‎-ejais → ‎tagadejais (“modern”)

Declension[edit]

Declension of -ejais (type 2 adjective)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative -ejais -ejī -ejuo -ejis
genitive -ejuo -ejūs -ejuos -ejūs
dative -ejam -ejim -ejai -ejom
accusative -ejū -ejūs -ejū -ejuos
instrumental -ejū -ejim -ejū -ejom
locative -ejā -ejūs -ejā -ejuos

Derived terms[edit]

Latgalian terms suffixed with -ejais

References[edit]

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 28
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