"-ej" meaning in Polish

See -ej in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɛj/
Rhymes: -ɛj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēˀjas Proto-Slavic *-ějь Polish -ej Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ějь. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pl|:inh|sla-pro:*-ějь<id:nominal>|id=nominal|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēˀjas Proto-Slavic *-ějь Polish -ej, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pl|sla-pro|*-ějь|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *-ějь, {{inh+|pl|sla-pro|*-ějь}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ějь Head templates: {{head|pl|suffix|g=m-in}} -ej m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ej [nominative, singular], -eje [nominative, plural], -eju [genitive, singular], -ejów [genitive, plural], -ei [genitive, plural], -ejowi [dative, singular], -ejom [dative, plural], -ej [accusative, singular], -eje [accusative, plural], -ejem [instrumental, singular], -ejami [instrumental, plural], -eju [locative, singular], -ejach [locative, plural], -eju [singular, vocative], -eje [plural, vocative]
  1. forms masculine nouns Tags: inanimate, masculine, morpheme
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ɛj/
Rhymes: -ɛj Etymology: Inherited from Old Polish -e, -ej, from Proto-Slavic *-je, neuter nominative of *-jьjь (“comparative suffix”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|pl|id=comparative}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pl|zlw-opl|-e|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Polish -e, {{inh+|pl|zlw-opl|-e}} Inherited from Old Polish -e, {{inh|pl|sla-pro||*-je}} Proto-Slavic *-je Head templates: {{head|pl|suffix}} -ej
  1. forms comparative adverbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ej-pl-suffix-D2g1~pvV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        "ts": ""
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-eje",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-eju",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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    {
      "form": "-ei",
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    },
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      "form": "-ejowi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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      ]
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      "form": "-ejom",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ej",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-eje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-ejem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "-ejami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "-eju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "-ejach",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "-eju",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "-eje",
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      ]
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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      "parts": [
        "",
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      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛj/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ej"
}

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      "expansion": "",
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        "1": "",
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "type": "example"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛj/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ej"
}
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      "form": "-eje",
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      "form": "-eju",
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      "form": "-ejów",
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      "form": "-ei",
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      "form": "-ejom",
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      "form": "-ej",
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      "form": "-eje",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "-ejem",
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      "form": "-ejami",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-eju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ejach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "-eju",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "-eje",
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          "type": "example"
        }
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛj/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ej"
}

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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛj/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ej"
}

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