"-ējs" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Latvian]

Forms: -ējs [canonical], -ēja [canonical]
Etymology: Compare to Lithuanian -ojas. Etymology templates: {{cog|lt|-ojas}} Lithuanian -ojas Head templates: {{head|lv|suffix|head=-ējs, -ēja|sort=}} -ējs, -ēja, {{lv-suffix|head=-ējs, -ēja}} -ējs, -ēja
  1. Added to verbs to derive agent nouns (like English -er). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ējs-lv-suffix-y5E4oB72 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. Added to some nouns to derive collective (set) nouns, or nouns of entities related to the original noun. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ējs-lv-suffix-u1T0JDA~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ājs, -nieks, -onis Related terms: -ēja [feminine]

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "-ojas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian -ojas",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare to Lithuanian -ojas.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ējs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēja",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "-ējs, -ēja",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ējs, -ēja",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "-ējs, -ēja"
      },
      "expansion": "-ējs, -ēja",
      "name": "lv-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ēja"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Added to verbs to derive agent nouns (like English -er)."
      ],
      "id": "en--ējs-lv-suffix-y5E4oB72",
      "links": [
        [
          "-er",
          "-er#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Added to some nouns to derive collective (set) nouns, or nouns of entities related to the original noun."
      ],
      "id": "en--ējs-lv-suffix-u1T0JDA~",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ājs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-nieks"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-onis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ējs"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian suffixes",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "-ojas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian -ojas",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare to Lithuanian -ojas.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ējs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēja",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "-ējs, -ēja",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ējs, -ēja",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "-ējs, -ēja"
      },
      "expansion": "-ējs, -ēja",
      "name": "lv-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ēja"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Added to verbs to derive agent nouns (like English -er)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-er",
          "-er#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Added to some nouns to derive collective (set) nouns, or nouns of entities related to the original noun."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-ājs"
    },
    {
      "word": "-nieks"
    },
    {
      "word": "-onis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ējs"
}

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