eja – Latvian noun declension

Latvian noun forms of eja

Noun: eja
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine Declension:

Singular

Nominativeeja
Accusativeeju
Genitiveejas
Dativeejai
Instrumentaleju
Locativeejā
Vocativeeja

Plural

Nominativeejas
Accusativeejas
Genitiveeju
Dativeejām
Instrumentalejām
Locativeejās
Vocativeejas

Sample Sentences

  • galvenā eja (gangway (lit. main passage))
  • vārtu eja (gate passage, gateway)
  • šaura eja (wide passage)
  • slepena eja (secret passage)
  • aizsprotot eju (to obstruct the passage)
  • un tad viņš... pa vidus eju starp soliem devās uz durvīm (and then he went to the door by the middle passage between the benches)
  • kurmji rok pat līdz 1 metram dziļas ejas, kas nobeidza paplašinājumā: ligzdā (moles dig passages of up to 1 meter of length, ending in a winder, larger space: the next)
  • auss iekšēja eja (the inner ear passage canal)
  • deguna ejas (nasal passages)

Etymology

1. Derived from the present stem ej- of the verb iet (“to go”) + -a by Juris Alunāns,
2. this word replaced a previously used Germanism gaņģis (cf. German Gang). The word was accepted by A. Kronvalds, by whose influence it entered the standard language. Cognates include Lithuanian ėjà (“gait, walk, movement; passage, cave”). See: German Nouns 'Gang'.

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