ей
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ei"
Bulgarian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare English hey, Polish hej, Serbo-Croatian ej.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ɛj]
Audio: (file)
Interjection
ей • (ej)
- hey! (interjection to get someone's attention)
Kamassian
Etymology
From Proto-Samoyedic *e-, from Proto-Uralic *e-.
Adverb
ей (ej)
References
- Donner, Kai R. (1944), “ei̯”, in Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
Ket
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ej ~ *aj (“tongue”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˑj˧]
Noun
ей (ēj) f or n (plural эй)
- tongue (organ)
Usage notes
- Central Ket varieties use ээй (èːj) and ээйә (èːjə), while Northern Ket varieties use ээи (èːji) instead. ее
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ej (“pine tree”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˑj˧]
Noun
ей (ēj) m (plural эʼнь)
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Ketic *eje (“island”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˑj˧]
Noun
ей (ēj) n (plural эеӈ)
Usage notes
- Central and Northern Ket varieties use ее (ēje) instead.
References
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 269
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 269
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 270
Further reading
- Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 272
- Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 163-164
Russian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jej]
Audio: (file) Audio (Saint Petersburg): (file)
Pronoun
ей • (jej)
- dative/instrumental of она́ (oná)
- 1867, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “XXV”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:
- «Э́того нельзя́ так оста́вить, — воскли́кнул он наконе́ц, — я не позво́лю ей так безжа́лостно игра́ть мое́ю жи́знию…»
- «Étovo nelʹzjá tak ostávitʹ, — vosklíknul on nakonéc, — ja ne pozvólju jej tak bezžálostno igrátʹ mojéju žízniju…»
- 'She can't let it go like that,' he cried at last, 'I won't allow her to play with my life so mercilessly.'