aljakuns

Part of speech: adjective

Stem: -i/ja-

strange; foreign; non-natural, contrary to nature; sa aljakunja gram mean of a n stranger; foreigner

Etymology

[← aljis a + *kuns (← Prot-Germ *kunjan n “kin, family”)]

Concordance

aljakuns - Nom, sing, masc - Rom. XI, 24
aljakunja - Nom, sing, masc - Luk. XVII, 18
aljakonjai - Nom, pl, masc - Ephes. II, 19

Paradigm

2.1. (d) (mixed type -i-/-ja-)

This type of adjectival declension included a number of adjectives (e g anahaimeis, anahaims (at home; present); auþeis, auþs (desert, waste); aljakuns (strange, foreign)), which originally belonged to -i- type, but in the course of time, the majority of their case forms came to coincide with the case forms of -ja- (-jo-) type of declension.

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