"-ājs" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Latvian]

Forms: -ājs [canonical], -āja [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀjas. Cognate with Lithuanian -ojas and Proto-Slavic *-ajь. Etymology templates: {{inh|lv|ine-bsl-pro|*-āˀjas}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀjas, {{cog|lt|-ojas}} Lithuanian -ojas, {{cog|sla-pro|*-ajь}} Proto-Slavic *-ajь Head templates: {{head|lv|suffix|head=-ājs, -āja|sort=}} -ājs, -āja, {{lv-suffix|head=-ājs, -āja}} -ājs, -āja
  1. Added to verbs to derive agent nouns (like English -er). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ājs-lv-suffix-y5E4oB72 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. Added to some nouns to derive collective (set) nouns, or nouns of entities related to the original noun. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ājs-lv-suffix-u1T0JDA~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ējs, -nieks, -onis Related terms: -āja [feminine]

Inflected forms

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    }
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        "sort": ""
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        "Added to verbs to derive agent nouns (like English -er)."
      ],
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          "-er",
          "-er#English"
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
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      "word": "-ējs"
    },
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      "word": "-nieks"
    },
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      "word": "-onis"
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