эйй

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
  • IPA(key): /ɛjː/

Verb

эйй (ejj) (third-person singular form)

  1. (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)
indicative imperative
1st singular  эмм (emm) -
2nd singular  эгк (egk) ель (jel’)
3rd singular  эйй (ejj) -
1st plural  ебпь (jebp’) -
2nd plural  ебпе (jebp’e) елле (jell’e)
3rd plural  ев (jev) -

See also
  • элля (ell’a)

Interjection

эйй (ejj)

  1. no
    Antonym: ныдтҍ (nydt’)
    Эйй, мӯнэсьт ка̄рта элля. ― Ejj, mūnes’t kārta ell’a. ― No, I don't have a map.

Particle

эйй (ejj)

  1. not
    эйй шӯрр пэ̄ҏҏт ― ejj šūrr pēr̥r̥t ― small house (literally, “not big house”)
    эйй ко̄ммьтэсь ёгк ― ejj kōmm’tes’ ’ogk ― not wide river
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