ežmi

Livonian

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Cardinal: ikš     Ordinal: e’žmi

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Proto-Finnic *eci (“front”) with an old superlative ending (see *-in) and +‎ -i (< *ecimäinen), literally meaning “foremost, most forward”. Compare Võro edimäne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeˀʒmi/, [ˈeˀĭ̯ʒmi]

Adjective

e’žmi (not comparable)

1. first

Declension

Declension of e’žmi (201)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	e’žmi	e’žmizt
genitive (genitīv)	e’žmiz	e’žmizt
partitive (partitīv)	e’žmizt e’žmit	e’žmiži
dative (datīv)	e’žmizõn	e’žmiztõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	e’žmizõks	e’žmiztõks
illative (illatīv)	e’žmizõ	e’žmižiz
inessive (inesīv)	e’žmizõs	e’žmižis
elative (elatīv)	e’žmizõst	e’žmižist

See also

• Livonian ordinals (1st-11th):

ežmi, tuoi, kuolmõz (kuolmi), neļļõz, vīdõz, kūdõz, seismõz (seismi), kōdõksmõz, īdõksmõz, kimmõz, īdtuoistõnz

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “e'žmi”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra