-ай

See also: ај, ай, яй, -ај, and Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *-jëj. Cognate with Northern Sami -i.

Suffix

-ай (-aj)

  1. Forms adjectives indicating an abundance of something.
    ‎пӣӈӈк (pīŋŋk, “wind”) + ‎-ай (-aj) → ‎пӣӈӈькай (pīŋŋ’kaj, “windy”)

Inflection

This suffix needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Kildin Sami terms suffixed with -ай (abundance)

Moksha

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to Finnish -ja, Estonian -ja, Livonian -ji, e.g., jūoji (“drinker”).

Suffix

-ай • (-aj)

  1. agentive suffix
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      морай
      mor aj
      singer

Etymology 2

Common Moksha adaptation of Russian -ый (-yj, adjective or attributive noun forming suffix).

Suffix

-ай • (-aj)

  1. suffix found in adjectives or attributive nouns borrowed from Russian
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 100
      Порядковай числительнайхне
      Poŕadkov aj čisľiťeľn ajhńe
      Ordinal numbers
Declension
Definite declension of -ай
singular plural
nominative -айсь (-ajś) -айхне (-ajhńe)
genitive -айть (-ajť) -айхнень (-ajhńeń)
dative -айти (-ajťi) -айхненди (-ajhńenďi)
Derived terms
Moksha terms suffixed with -ай
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.