-ejais
Latgalian
Etymology
Akin to Latvian -ējs. The Latgalian suffix was a merger of the definite and indefinite paradigms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-ɛjài̯s]
Suffix
-ejais
- Used to form adjectives from adverbs.
- tagad (“now”) + -ejais → tagadejais (“modern”)
Declension
Declension of -ejais (type 2 adjective)
| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | -ejais | -ejī | -ejuo | -ejis |
| genitive | -ejuo | -ejūs | -ejuos | -ejūs |
| dative | -ejam | -ejim | -ejai | -ejom |
| accusative | -ejū | -ejūs | -ejū | -ejuos |
| instrumental | -ejū | -ejim | -ejū | -ejom |
| locative | -ejā | -ejūs | -ejā | -ejuos |
Derived terms
Latgalian terms suffixed with -ejais
References
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 28