-ай
See also: ај, ай, яй, -ај, and Appendix:Variations of "ai"
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
- певец — морай
- pevec — moraj
- singer [in Russian] — 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
- Порядковые числительные — Порядковай числительнайхне
- Porjadkovyje čislitelʹnyje — Porjadkovaj čislitelʹnajxne
- Ordinal numbers [in Russian] — Ordinal numbers
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 100
Declension
Definite declension of -ай
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -айсь (-ajsʹ) | -айхне (-ajxne) |
| genitive | -айть (-ajtʹ) | -айхнень (-ajxnenʹ) |
| dative | -айти (-ajti) | -айхненди (-ajxnendi) |
Derived terms
Moksha terms suffixed with -ай