эйй

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Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *i-, from Proto-Uralic negative verb stem *e- ~ *ä- ~ *a-. Cognates include Finnish ei, Northern Sami ii and Skolt Sami ij.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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эйй (ejj) (third-person singular form)

  1. (auxiliary) The negative verb or negation verb; not, be not, do not, etc.
    Со̄нн эйй са̄рн рӯшас.Sōnn ejj sārn rūšas.She does not speak Russian.

Usage notes

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Followed by the verb in the connegative form of the appropriate tense and mood. The negative verb is used in the present tense except for the imperative, which has its own forms.

Inflection

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Inflection of эйй (ejj)
indicative imperative
1st singular  эмм (emm) -
2nd singular  эгк (egk) ель (jel’)
3rd singular  эйй (ejj) -
1st plural  ебпь (jebp’) -
2nd plural  ебпе (jebpje) елле (jellje)
3rd plural  ев (jev) -

See also

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Interjection

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эйй (ejj)

  1. no
    Antonym: ныдтҍ (nydt’)
    Эйй, мӯнэсьт ка̄рта элля.Ejj, mūnes’t kārta ellja.No, I don't have a map.

Particle

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эйй (ejj)

  1. not
    эйй шӯрр пэ̄ҏҏтejj šūrr pēr̥r̥tsmall house (literally, “not big house”)
    эйй ко̄ммьтэсь ёгкejj kōmm’tes’ jogknot wide river