Meaning of -ai | Babel Free

Definitions

1. receiver or sufferer of action, -ee
   masculine, morpheme
2. verb suffix for the third-person singular imperfect/conditional
   literary, morpheme
3. agentive suffix, -er
   masculine, morpheme, obsolete
4. verb suffix for the third-person singular conditional
   colloquial, morpheme
5. instrument
   masculine, morpheme, obsolete
6. gas, -gen
   masculine, morpheme, obsolete

Examples

“enwebu (“to nominate”) + -ai → enwebai (“nominee”)”

“cyf-weld (“to interview”) + -ai → cyfwelai (“interviewee”)”

“morgeisio (“to mortgage”) + -ai → morgeisai (“mortgagee”)”

“blawd (“flour”) + -ai → blotai (“beggar of flour; flour merchant”)”

“llad (“gift, virtue”) + -ai → llatai (“love messenger, go-between”)”

“cymell (“to compel, to induce”) + -ai → cymhellai (“wrench”)”

“hidlo (“to strain, to filter”) + -ai → hidlai (“strainer, filter”)”

“ul (“moist, damp”) + -ai → ulai (“hydrogen”)”

“ufel (“fire”) + -ai → ufelai (“oxygen”)”

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