maij

Livonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin. See etymology at English May. Morphologically from ma- +‎ -ij.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑij/

Noun

maij

May

Usage notes

LĒL lists mai of type 16 – brī, however, livones.net, for example, consistently uses maij. The declension type (type 123) indicated for other latinate month names (e.g., jūnij, jūlij) is assumed here.

Declension

Declension of maij (123)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	maij	maijd
genitive (genitīv)	maij	maijd
partitive (partitīv)	maijõ	maijḑi
dative (datīv)	maijõn	maijdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	maijõks	maijdkõks
illative (illatīv)	maijõ	maijži
inessive (inesīv)	maijsõ maijs	maijši
elative (elatīv)	maijstõ maijst	maijšti