ežmi

Livonian

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Proto-Finnic *eci (“front”) with an old superlative ending and +‎ -i (< *ecimäinen), literally meaning “foremost, most forward”. Compare Võro edimäne. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeˀʒmi/, [ˈeˀʒmi]

Adjective

e’žmi

first

Declension

Declension of **e’žmi** (201)
	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	e’žmi	e’žmizt
genitive (genitīv)	e’žmiz	e’žmizt
partitive (partitīv)	e’žmizt e’žmit	e’žmiži
dative (datīv)	e’žmizõn	e’žmiztõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	e’žmizõks	e’žmiztõks
illative (illatīv)	e’žmizõ	e’žmižiz
inessive (inesīv)	e’žmizõs	e’žmižis
elative (elatīv)	e’žmizõst	e’žmižist

References

Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “e'žmi”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra