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-ej
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Appendix:Variations of "ej"
Czech
Alternative forms
cs -ý<qq:standard>
Pronunciation
cs /ɛj/
Etymology 1
Between the 14 and 16 century a process of changing the vowel cs ý ([iː]) into ej ([ɛj]) appeared in the Czech language, but most of the new variants have never made it into standard Czech (including new variants of adjective inflectional suffixes).
Suffix
cs suffix inflectional suffixes
cs inflectional suffix common non-standard masculine nominative singular of hard adjectives
cs dobrej dobrej good
Etymology 2
Suffix ej appears also in various regional Czech dialects as an inflectional suffix of some cases of feminine adjectives. While in dative and locative it appears in some Moravian regions, in genitive it can be found also in some Bohemian regions, especially in south Bohemia.
Suffix
cs suffix inflectional suffixes
cs inflectional suffix dialect feminine genitive singular of hard adjectives
cs inflectional suffix dialect feminine dative singular of hard adjectives
cs inflectional suffix dialect feminine locative singular of hard adjectives
References
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František Cuřín Nejstarší obrozenské divadlo a obrozenská čeština http://nase-rec.ujc.cas.cz/archiv.php?art=6577 1985 68 5
Hana Konečná Deklinace tvrdých adjektiv v nářečích http://nase-rec.ujc.cas.cz/archiv.php?art=7531 1999 82 4
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
hu suffix noun-forming suffixes
hu noun-forming suffix Added to an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root to form a noun. No longer productive.
hu zörej noise
Usage notes
noun-forming suffix Variants:
hu -aj is added to back-vowel stems
hu -ej is added to front-vowel stems
Declension
-eje e --ej ei
Derived terms
hu noun
See also
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Old Polish
Etymology
zlw-opl :inh sla-pro:*-jьjь<alt:*-je> +
zlw-opl sla-pro *-je, neuter nominative of sla-pro *-jьjь comparative suffix.
Pronunciation
-e?j
Suffix
zlw-opl suffix
forms comparative adverbs
Derived terms
Old Polish comparative adverbs
Old Polish superlative adverbs
Descendants
pl -ej comparative
szl -yj
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
pl nominal :inh sla-pro:*-ějь + +
Suffix
pl suffix m-in
forms masculine nouns
pl szaleć szalej
Declension
Derived terms
pl
Etymology 2
pl comparative :inh zlw-opl:-ej + +
Suffix
pl suffix
forms comparative adverbs
pl biernie bierniej
pl bardzo bardziej
Derived terms
Polish comparative adverbs
Polish superlative adverbs