jis

jis m

1. plural of ji

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *is, from Proto-Indo-European *éy. Cognates include Lithuanian jis and more distantly Latin is.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjis]
• Hyphenation: jis

jis

1. he

• In reported speech, when referring to the author, an inflection of šys is used.
• In reported speech, when referring to the addressee, an inflection of tu is used.

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 37

• jisai (colloquial)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *is; compare Proto-Slavic *jь (“he, she, it”) > Old Church Slavonic и (i), Czech jenž, jež (“that, who”).^[1] In the modern Slavic languages, these forms are reflected only in the oblique forms of *onъ; see for more. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éy *h₁é (“this one, he”); compare Latin is (“he”), Gothic 𐌹𐍃 (is, “he”), Sanskrit अयम् (ayám, “this one”).

• IPA^(key): /jɪs/

jìs m

1. he, it (third-person masculine singular pronoun)

• juoba
• (possibly): jog, joks, jei