-ej

See also: ej, EJ, éj, and -ej-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛj/

Etymology 1

Between the 14 and 16 century a process of changing the vowel 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

-ej

1. (inflectional suffix, common, nonstandard) masculine nominative singular of hard adjectives

   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

-ej

1. (inflectional suffix, dialect) feminine genitive singular of hard adjectives
2. (inflectional suffix, dialect) feminine dative singular of hard adjectives
3. (inflectional suffix, dialect) feminine locative singular of hard adjectives

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛj]

Suffix

-ej

1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root to form a noun. No longer productive.

   zörej (“noise”)

Usage notes

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -aj is added to back-vowel stems

  -ej is added to front-vowel stems

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-ej	-ejek
accusative	-ejt	-ejeket
dative	-ejnek	-ejeknek
instrumental	-ejjel	-ejekkel
causal-final	-ejért	-ejekért
translative	-ejjé	-ejekké
terminative	-ejig	-ejekig
essive-formal	-ejként	-ejekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-ejben	-ejekben
superessive	-ejen	-ejeken
adessive	-ejnél	-ejeknél
illative	-ejbe	-ejekbe
sublative	-ejre	-ejekre
allative	-ejhez	-ejekhez
elative	-ejből	-ejekből
delative	-ejről	-ejekről
ablative	-ejtől	-ejektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	-ejé	-ejeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	-ejéi	-ejekéi

Possessive forms of -ej
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	-ejem	-ejeim
2nd person sing.	-ejed	-ejeid
3rd person sing.	-eje	-ejei
1st person plural	-ejünk	-ejeink
2nd person plural	-ejetek	-ejeitek
3rd person plural	-ejük	-ejeik

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ej

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-ej m inan

1. forms masculine nouns

   ‎szaleć + ‎-ej → ‎szalej

Declension

Declension of -ej

	singular	plural
nominative	-ej	-eje
genitive	-eju	-ejów/-ei
dative	-ejowi	-ejom
accusative	-ej	-eje
instrumental	-ejem	-ejami
locative	-eju	-ejach
vocative	-eju	-eje

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ej