-ajlija

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-àjlija m anim (Cyrillic spelling -а̀јлија, noun-forming suffix)

  1. suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a person with a given feature, doing something or from a particular place
    ‎bȓk (“moustache”) + ‎-ajlija → ‎brkàjlija (“man with a big moustache”)
    ‎nȍv (“new”) + ‎-ajlija → ‎novàjlija (“novice, beginner”)

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