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 (jebpje)	елле (jellje)
3rd plural	ев (jev)	-

See also

• элля (ellja)

Interjection

эйй (ejj)

1. no

   Antonym: ныдтҍ (nydt’)

   Эйй, мӯнэсьт ка̄рта элля. ― Ejj, mūnes’t kārta ellja. ― 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’ jogk ― not wide river