-ājs

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀjas. Cognate with Lithuanian -ojas and Proto-Slavic *-ajь.

-ājs, -āja

1. Added to verbs to derive agent nouns (like English -er).
2. Added to some nouns to derive collective (set) nouns, or nouns of entities related to the original noun.

• -ējs
• -nieks
• -onis

• -āja (feminine counterpart)