-ай
Kildin Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *-jëj. Cognate with Northern Sami -i.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ай (-aj)
- Forms adjectives indicating an abundance of something.
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)
- agentive suffix
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
- морай
- mor aj
- singer
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Common Moksha adaptation of Russian -ый (-yj, adjective or attributive noun forming suffix).
Suffix
-ай • (-aj)
- 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
- Porädkov aj čisliteľn ajhne
- Ordinal numbers
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 100
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -айсь (-ajś) | -айхне (-ajhne) |
| genitive | -айть (-ajť) | -айхнень (-ajhneń) |
| dative | -айти (-ajti) | -айхненди (-ajhnendi) |
Derived terms
Moksha terms suffixed with -ай