See -j on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Related to reflexive pronoun u (“I”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-nj",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Tosk"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "suffix"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 5 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Examples of o-stem verbs:"
},
{
"text": "• afro (“bring closer!”) + -j → afroj (“I bring closer”)"
},
{
"text": "• barazo (“equalize!”) + -j → barazoj (“I equalize”)"
},
{
"text": "• krahaso (“compare!”) + -j → krahasoj (“I compare”)"
},
{
"text": "• shko (“go!”) (2nd pers. singular verb form) + -j (“I”) → shkoj (“I go”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Attached to o-stem verbs (in active voice). Indicating 1st person singular; indicative, present."
],
"id": "en--j-sq-suffix-3EJj8jq-",
"links": [
[
"verb",
"verb"
],
[
"active voice",
"active voice"
],
[
"indicative",
"indicative"
],
[
"present",
"present"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/j/"
}
],
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}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-wj"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-tj"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
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"name": "head"
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{
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"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
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"lang_code": "egy",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"glosses": [
"Marks the dual form of nouns and adjectives. Attaches to the singular form if feminine or the plural form if masculine."
],
"id": "en--j-egy-suffix-ftGF8VHu",
"links": [
[
"dual",
"dual#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "4 11 18 8 2 21 21 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Sometimes added to suffix pronouns attached to dual nouns."
],
"id": "en--j-egy-suffix-BCjG8s8M",
"links": [
[
"suffix",
"suffix#English"
],
[
"pronoun",
"pronoun#English"
],
[
"dual",
"dual#English"
],
[
"noun",
"noun#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/Vj/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/Vj/",
"note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/i/",
"note": "modern Egyptological"
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "egy",
"2": "afa-pro",
"3": "*-i",
"pos": "genitive-possessive case ending"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Hypothesized to be from Proto-Afroasiatic *-i (genitive-possessive case ending).",
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{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
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{
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Converts nouns (including proper nouns and nisbas used nominally), prepositions, independent pronouns, and numerals into masculine adjectives: the masculine nisba adjective ending."
],
"id": "en--j-egy-suffix-x~ZjDyiq",
"links": [
[
"nisba",
"nisba#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ej/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/eʔ/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ej/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/eʔ/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/t/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɾ/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/i/",
"note": "modern Egyptological"
}
],
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}
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"1": "egy",
"2": "afa-pro",
"3": "*-u",
"pos": "nominative case ending"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *-u (nominative case ending)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Hypothesized to be from earlier *-iu or *-iju, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-u (nominative case ending) attached to a root ending in *-i or *-ij.",
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{
"form": "i",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
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},
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"name": "head"
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{
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"head": "<hiero>i</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "i",
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],
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"lang_code": "egy",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"glosses": [
"Forms i-stem masculine nouns from roots."
],
"id": "en--j-egy-suffix-p8sj580q",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ej/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/eʔ/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ej/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/eʔ/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/t/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɾ/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/i/",
"note": "modern Egyptological"
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_number": 4,
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"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
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{
"args": {
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
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],
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"pos": "suffix",
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{
"glosses": [
"Forms prepositional adverbs from certain prepositions."
],
"id": "en--j-egy-suffix-eSM~aYMA",
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[
"prepositional adverbs",
"w:Prepositional adverb"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_text": "From the earlier infinitival ending -t; the consonant of this suffix became silent over time, leaving its remaining vowel to be represented by -j.",
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{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
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{
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"_dis": "4 11 18 8 2 21 21 15",
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"parents": [],
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{
"_dis": "4 9 19 8 2 21 21 15",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "2 9 18 8 1 23 23 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forms the infinitive of anomalous verbs, weak verbs (except for fourth weak verbs with a geminated stem), and causative biliteral verbs."
],
"id": "en--j-egy-suffix-lEOe8G4w",
"links": [
[
"infinitive",
"infinitive#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_number": 6,
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{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
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{
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"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
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"_dis": "2 9 18 8 1 23 23 16",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
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"Optionally marks the masculine imperfective active participle, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings."
],
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"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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"_dis": "2 9 18 8 1 23 23 16",
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"Optionally marks the masculine geminated perfective passive participle of strong biliteral verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings."
],
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{
"tags": [
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"pronoun",
"singular",
"suffix"
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}
],
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"2": "grc",
"3": "-οι"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "la",
"3": "-ae"
},
"expansion": "Latin -ae",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"kind": "other",
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{
"kind": "other",
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{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto",
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"source": "w"
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],
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{
"text": "juna patro (young father) → junaj patroj (young fathers)"
},
{
"text": "mia vundita mano (my injured hand) → miaj vunditaj manoj (my injured hands)"
}
],
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"-s, -es (marks the plural form of nouns, adjectives, and some pronouns)"
],
"id": "en--j-eo-suffix-yvnXnsTA",
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[
"-s",
"-s"
],
[
"-es",
"-es"
],
[
"plural",
"plural"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/i̯/"
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],
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}
{
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"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "suffix"
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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{
"kind": "other",
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{
"kind": "other",
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],
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{
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[
3,
4
]
],
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"type": "example"
},
{
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[
3,
6
]
],
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[
0,
8
]
],
"english": "Should I wait?",
"text": "Várjak?",
"translation": "Should I wait?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Forms the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation). It is also part of all subjunctive/imperative suffixes in both indefinite and definite conjugations."
],
"id": "en--j-hu-suffix-8oAcQgWS",
"links": [
[
"second-person",
"second person#English"
],
[
"subjunctive",
"subjunctive#English"
],
[
"imperative",
"imperative#English"
]
],
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"(personal suffix) Forms the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation). It is also part of all subjunctive/imperative suffixes in both indefinite and definite conjugations."
],
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"morpheme",
"personal",
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}
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"ipa": "[j]"
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"kind": "other",
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{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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],
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{
"text": "c̓awá (“cheek”) + -j → c̓awáj (“to chew”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "helá (“game”) + -j → heláj (“to gamble”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "hadó (“pack”) + -j → hadój (“to carry on the back”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "k̓újila (“necklace”) + -j → k̓újilaj (“to wear a necklace”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "sedé (“blood”) + -j → sedéj (“to bleed”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "ká (“to do”) + -j → káj (“to say”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "mé (“to take”) + -j → méj (“to give”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A non-productive suffix forming verbs from nouns and other verbs."
],
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}
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},
{
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{
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{
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"lang_code": "smi-pro",
"word": "*-j"
},
{
"lang": "Proto-Finnic",
"lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
"word": "*-i-"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "urj-pro",
"2": "suffix",
"cat2": "inflectional suffixes"
},
"expansion": "*-j",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Uralic",
"lang_code": "urj-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/-j",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Uralic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Ending of the oblique plural."
],
"id": "en--j-urj-pro-suffix-urj_pro:plural",
"senseid": [
"urj-pro:plural"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_text": "Related to reflexive pronoun u (“I”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-nj",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Tosk"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-j",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Albanian lemmas",
"Albanian suffixes",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Examples of o-stem verbs:"
},
{
"text": "• afro (“bring closer!”) + -j → afroj (“I bring closer”)"
},
{
"text": "• barazo (“equalize!”) + -j → barazoj (“I equalize”)"
},
{
"text": "• krahaso (“compare!”) + -j → krahasoj (“I compare”)"
},
{
"text": "• shko (“go!”) (2nd pers. singular verb form) + -j (“I”) → shkoj (“I go”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Attached to o-stem verbs (in active voice). Indicating 1st person singular; indicative, present."
],
"links": [
[
"verb",
"verb"
],
[
"active voice",
"active voice"
],
[
"indicative",
"indicative"
],
[
"present",
"present"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/j/"
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
"Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
"Egyptian lemmas",
"Egyptian suffixes",
"Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed Old Egyptian IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "-wj"
},
{
"word": "-tj"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "y",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "y",
"name": "egy-suffix"
}
],
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"lang_code": "egy",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"glosses": [
"Marks the dual form of nouns and adjectives. Attaches to the singular form if feminine or the plural form if masculine."
],
"links": [
[
"dual",
"dual#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Sometimes added to suffix pronouns attached to dual nouns."
],
"links": [
[
"suffix",
"suffix#English"
],
[
"pronoun",
"pronoun#English"
],
[
"dual",
"dual#English"
],
[
"noun",
"noun#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/Vj/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/Vj/",
"note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/i/",
"note": "modern Egyptological"
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"categories": [
"Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
"Egyptian lemmas",
"Egyptian suffixes",
"Egyptian terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
"Egyptian terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic",
"Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed Late Egyptian IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed Middle Egyptian IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed Old Egyptian IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "egy",
"2": "afa-pro",
"3": "*-i",
"pos": "genitive-possessive case ending"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *-i (genitive-possessive case ending)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Hypothesized to be from Proto-Afroasiatic *-i (genitive-possessive case ending).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "egy",
"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "y",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "y",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "egy",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"glosses": [
"Converts nouns (including proper nouns and nisbas used nominally), prepositions, independent pronouns, and numerals into masculine adjectives: the masculine nisba adjective ending."
],
"links": [
[
"nisba",
"nisba#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ej/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/eʔ/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ej/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/eʔ/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/t/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɾ/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/i/",
"note": "modern Egyptological"
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
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"Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
"Egyptian lemmas",
"Egyptian suffixes",
"Egyptian terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
"Egyptian terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic",
"Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed Late Egyptian IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed Middle Egyptian IPA pronunciation",
"Egyptian terms with reconstructed Old Egyptian IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
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"1": "egy",
"2": "afa-pro",
"3": "*-u",
"pos": "nominative case ending"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *-u (nominative case ending)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
"form": "i",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "egy",
"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
"head": "<hiero>i</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "i",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "<hiero>i</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "i",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "egy",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"glosses": [
"Forms i-stem masculine nouns from roots."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ej/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/eʔ/",
"note": "reconstructed"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ij/",
"note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ej/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/eʔ/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/t/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɾ/",
"note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
},
{
"ipa": "/i/",
"note": "modern Egyptological"
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"categories": [
"Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
"Egyptian lemmas",
"Egyptian suffixes",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"forms": [
{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "egy",
"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "y",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
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"name": "egy-suffix"
}
],
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"lang_code": "egy",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Forms prepositional adverbs from certain prepositions."
],
"links": [
[
"prepositional adverbs",
"w:Prepositional adverb"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"categories": [
"Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
"Egyptian lemmas",
"Egyptian suffixes",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_text": "From the earlier infinitival ending -t; the consonant of this suffix became silent over time, leaving its remaining vowel to be represented by -j.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "egy",
"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "y",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "egy",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Forms the infinitive of anomalous verbs, weak verbs (except for fourth weak verbs with a geminated stem), and causative biliteral verbs."
],
"links": [
[
"infinitive",
"infinitive#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"categories": [
"Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
"Egyptian lemmas",
"Egyptian suffixes",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 6,
"forms": [
{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "egy",
"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
"expansion": "y",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "egy",
"pos": "suffix",
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{
"glosses": [
"Optionally marks the masculine imperfective active participle, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"categories": [
"Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
"Egyptian lemmas",
"Egyptian suffixes",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 7,
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{
"form": "y",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "egy",
"2": "suffixes",
"cat2": "",
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "<hiero>y</hiero>"
},
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}
],
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"pos": "suffix",
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{
"tags": [
"first-person",
"pronoun",
"singular",
"suffix"
],
"word": ".j"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"Optionally marks the masculine geminated perfective passive participle of strong biliteral verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "grc",
"3": "-οι"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "la",
"3": "-ae"
},
"expansion": "Latin -ae",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the nominative plural in /i/ or /j/ found in many European languages, particularly the original diphthongs Ancient Greek -οι (-oi), -αι (-ai), and Latin -ae.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-j",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"pos": "suffix",
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{
"categories": [
"Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro",
"Esperanto BRO1",
"Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
"Esperanto lemmas",
"Esperanto suffixes",
"Esperanto terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Esperanto terms derived from Latin",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "juna patro (young father) → junaj patroj (young fathers)"
},
{
"text": "mia vundita mano (my injured hand) → miaj vunditaj manoj (my injured hands)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"-s, -es (marks the plural form of nouns, adjectives, and some pronouns)"
],
"links": [
[
"-s",
"-s"
],
[
"-es",
"-es"
],
[
"plural",
"plural"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/i̯/"
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-j",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hungarian lemmas",
"Hungarian suffixes",
"Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hungarian terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
3,
4
]
],
"english": "Wait!",
"text": "Várj!",
"translation": "Wait!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
3,
6
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
8
]
],
"english": "Should I wait?",
"text": "Várjak?",
"translation": "Should I wait?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forms the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation). It is also part of all subjunctive/imperative suffixes in both indefinite and definite conjugations."
],
"links": [
[
"second-person",
"second person#English"
],
[
"subjunctive",
"subjunctive#English"
],
[
"imperative",
"imperative#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(personal suffix) Forms the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation). It is also part of all subjunctive/imperative suffixes in both indefinite and definite conjugations."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"personal",
"suffix"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[j]"
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nmu",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-j",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Northeast Maidu",
"lang_code": "nmu",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Northeast Maidu entries with incorrect language header",
"Northeast Maidu lemmas",
"Northeast Maidu suffixes",
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "c̓awá (“cheek”) + -j → c̓awáj (“to chew”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "helá (“game”) + -j → heláj (“to gamble”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "hadó (“pack”) + -j → hadój (“to carry on the back”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "k̓újila (“necklace”) + -j → k̓újilaj (“to wear a necklace”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "sedé (“blood”) + -j → sedéj (“to bleed”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "ká (“to do”) + -j → káj (“to say”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "mé (“to take”) + -j → méj (“to give”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A non-productive suffix forming verbs from nouns and other verbs."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/j/"
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Southern Sami",
"lang_code": "sma",
"word": "-j"
},
{
"lang": "Lule Sami",
"lang_code": "smj",
"word": "-j"
}
],
"lang": "Western Samic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Inari Sami",
"lang_code": "smn",
"word": "-i"
}
],
"lang": "Eastern Samic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "smi-pro",
"2": "urj-pro",
"3": "*-j",
"4": "",
"5": "oblique plural"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Uralic *-j (“oblique plural”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Uralic *-j (“oblique plural”).",
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{
"args": {
"1": "smi-pro",
"2": "suffix",
"cat2": "inflectional suffixes"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"Proto-Samic inflectional suffixes",
"Proto-Samic lemmas",
"Proto-Samic suffixes",
"Proto-Samic terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
"Proto-Samic terms inherited from Proto-Uralic"
],
"glosses": [
"Ending of the genitive plural."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
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}
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"word": "-i"
}
],
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"lang_code": "urj-ugr-pro"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Nganasan",
"lang_code": "nio",
"roman": "-j",
"word": "-й"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Samoyedic",
"lang_code": "syd-pro"
},
{
"lang": "Proto-Samic",
"lang_code": "smi-pro",
"word": "*-j"
},
{
"lang": "Proto-Finnic",
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"word": "*-i-"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "urj-pro",
"2": "suffix",
"cat2": "inflectional suffixes"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Uralic",
"lang_code": "urj-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/-j",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Uralic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Uralic inflectional suffixes",
"Proto-Uralic lemmas",
"Proto-Uralic suffixes"
],
"glosses": [
"Ending of the oblique plural."
],
"senseid": [
"urj-pro:plural"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "-j"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.