-je

See also: Appendix:Variations of "je"

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • -ie (informal)

Pronunciation

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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”)

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-.

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 —

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 + j → ź
  • zd + j → zdź
  • g + j → z
  • k + j → c
  • ch + j → š
  • ł + j → l
  • t + j → ś
  • st + j → sć

Synonyms

Derived terms

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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.

See also

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