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-je

-je

See also: Appendix:Variations of "je"

Dutch

Suffix

-je n (plural jes)

  1. Variant of -tje.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɛ]

Suffix

-je

  1. (possessive suffix) his, her, its (third-person singular, single possession)
    kert (garden)a kertje (his/her/its garden)
    betű (letter)a betűje (his/her/its letter)
    vese (kidney)a veséje (his/her/its kidney)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative -je
accusative -jét
dative -jének
instrumental -jével
causal-final -jéért
translative -jévé
terminative -jéig
essive-formal -jeként
essive-modal -jéül
inessive -jében
superessive -jén
adessive -jénél
illative -jébe
sublative -jére
allative -jéhez
elative -jéből
delative -jéről
ablative -jétől

Usage notes

  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -a is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant
    -e is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ja is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -je is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.

See also

  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

Lower Sorbian

Suffix

-je

  1. -ly (used to turn an adjective into an adverb of manner)

Usage notes

The j of this suffix merges with certain preceding consonants to create palatalized consonants not followed by j:

  • d + jź
  • zd + jzdź
  • g + jz
  • k + jc
  • ch + jš
  • ł + jl
  • t + jś
  • st + j

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Lower_Sorbian_words_suffixed_with_-je'>Lower Sorbian words suffixed with -je</a>

Synonyms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьje.

Suffix

-je (Cyrillic spelling -је)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a young animal, plant, place name or is used as a collective noun.

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