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-ай

[ay]

suffix

LanguageKildin Sami

Meaning
  1. Forms adjectives indicating an abundance of something from nouns.
  2. A suffix added to the end of a noun to change it into an adjective. It means that something has a lot of the quality or thing described by the noun.
Examples

пӣӈӈк + -ай → пӣӈӈькай

Wind + -y → windy

мӯсс + -ай → мӯссай

Moss + -y → mossy

Pronunciationay

Part of speechsuffix

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Usage noteThis suffix is used to derive adjectives from nouns to describe abundance.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 7 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.