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Kildin Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *i-, from Proto-Uralic negative verb stem *e- ~ *ä- ~ *a-. Cognates include Finnish ei, Northern Sami ii and Skolt Sami ij.
Pronunciation
Verb
эйй (ejj) (third-person singular form)
- (auxiliary) The negative verb or negation verb; not, be not, do not, etc.
- Со̄нн эйй са̄рн рӯшас. ― Sōnn ejj sārn rūšas. ― She does not speak Russian.
Usage notes
Followed by the verb in the connegative form of the appropriate tense and mood. The negative verb is used in the present tense except for the imperative, which has its own forms.
Inflection
| Inflection of эйй (ejj)
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indicative
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imperative
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| 1st singular
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эмм (emm)
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-
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| 2nd singular
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эгк (egk)
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ель (jel’)
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| 3rd singular
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эйй (ejj)
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-
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| 1st plural
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ебпь (jebp’)
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-
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| 2nd plural
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ебпе (jebpje)
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елле (jellje)
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| 3rd plural
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ев (jev)
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-
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See also
Interjection
эйй (ejj)
- no
- Antonym: ныдтҍ (nydt’)
- Эйй, мӯнэсьт ка̄рта элля. ― Ejj, mūnes’t kārta ellja. ― No, I don't have a map.
Particle
эйй (ejj)
- not
- эйй шӯрр пэ̄ҏҏт ― ejj šūrr pēr̥r̥t ― small house (literally, “not big house”)
- эйй ко̄ммьтэсь ёгк ― ejj kōmm’tes’ jogk ― not wide river