-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

1. 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