-jeisi

=Old Mangeodge=

Etymology
From Proto-Mangeodge *-jās (“derives adjectives from nouns”).

Suffix

 * -jeisi
 * Feminine animate: -jeisja
 * Inanimate: -jeisvi
 * Feminine inanimate: -jeisuja
 * 1) Derives adjectives from proper nouns.
 * 2) When attached to a placename it denotes someone or something from there:
 * 3) Evostir > Evostirjeisi (“man from Evostir”), Evostirjeisja (“woman from Evostir”)
 * 4) When attached to a name it denotes someone or something connected to person:
 * 5) Aulei > Aulejeisvi (“genocide” – only has this meaning among the Etjarutr who experienced ethnic cleaning by King Aulei)
 * 6) Eini > Einjeisja (“followers/daughters of Eini”)
 * 7) Among the Etjarutr this suffix attaches to names to create surnames meaning “son/daughter of X” (see Old Mangeodge names):
 * 8) Belari > Belarjeisi (“son of Belari”)
 * 9) Vabukasorja > Vabukasorjeisja (“daughter of Vabukasorja”)