-i
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Suffix
-i
- Used to form adjectives and nouns describing people of a particular city, region, or country, and the language spoken by these people.
[edit] Usage notes
- The suffix -i is just one of several suffixes with this sense; others include -an, -ian, -er, and -ish. -i is used mostly for Middle Eastern and South Asian demonyms, as well as certain groups known to ancient Romans.
[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Etymology
- Perhaps from Latin deponent verbs such as loqui "to speak".
- Common to English e (pronounced [i]) in me, she, he, we and the Italian accusative pronouns mi, ti, vi, li, si.
[edit] Suffix
-i
- (verbal inflection marking the infinitive)
- common vowel of personal pronouns: mi, ni, ci, vi, li, ŝi, ĝi, oni, ili, si.
[edit] German
[edit] Suffix
-i
- (sometimes used to create a diminutive form, as in Hans -> Hansi)
[edit] See also
[edit] Hungarian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈi/
[edit] Suffix
-i
- Added to a proper noun or a noun to form an adjective.
- Amerika (“‘America’”) → amerikai (“‘American’”)
- város (“‘city’”) → városi élet (“‘city life’”)
- Diminutive suffix added to nouns, mostly used by the younger generation or in informal conversations.
- fagylalt → fagyi - ice cream
- his, her, its ... -s (third-person singular possessive suffix denoting plural possession)
- your ... -s (second-person singular and plural formal possessive suffix denoting plural possession)
- kapu (“‘gate’”) → a maga kapui (“‘your (singular, formal) gates’”)
- kapu (“‘gate’”) → az ön kapui (“‘your (singular, polite) gates’”)
- kapu (“‘gate’”) → a maguk kapui (“‘your (plural, formal) gates’”)
- kapu (“‘gate’”) → az önök kapui (“‘your (plural, polite) gates’”)
[edit] Usage notes
- (possessive suffix): Member of the following suffix cluster.
- -i is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -ai is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ei is added to some front vowel words ending in a consonant
- -jai is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i.
- -jei is added to some front vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i.
[edit] See also
- Category:Hungarian words suffixed with -i
- Category:Hungarian noun forms - possessive
- Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
[edit] Ido
[edit] Suffix
-i
[edit] Italian
[edit] Suffix
-i
- Used with a stem to form the second-person singular present of regular are, -ere verbs and those -ire verbs that don't take "isc"
- Used with a stem to form the second-person imperative of -ere verbs
- Used with a stem to form the first-, second- and third person singular present subjunctive of -are verbs
- Used with a stem to form the third-person singular imperative of -are verbs
[edit] Latin
[edit] Suffix
-ī
- (nominative and vocative plural masculine ending for second declension nouns)
- (genitive singular ending for second declension nouns)
- (vocative singular masculine ending for second declension nouns ending in -ius)
- (dative singular ending for third declension nouns)
- (ablative singular ending for third declension i-stem nouns, such as rete, animal and sometimes navis)
- (perfect active indicative first-person singular ending for verbs)
- (present passive infinitive ending for third conjugation verbs)
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin -ī (“‘second-declension ending’”)
[edit] Suffix
-i
- (plural) -s (masculine)
[edit] Usage notes
- This form of the plural is indefinite, and used for masculine nouns in the nominative/accusative and genitive/dative cases, regardless of singular form. The suffix may cause phonetic changes or vowel deletion (or both):
- lupi < lup
- taţi < tată
- fii < fiu
- frăţi < frate
[edit] Etymology 2
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-i m.
- (definite article) the (masculine plural, nominative and accusative)
[edit] Usage notes
This form of the definite article is used for masculine plural nouns in the nominative and accusative cases (as attached to the indefinite plural, which always ends in a vowel):
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[edit] Etymology 3
From Latin -ire. Cognate with Spanish and French -ir, Italian -ire, etc.
[edit] Suffix
-i
- A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.
[edit] Usage notes
- Most verbs with infinitives in -i are marked by the once-inchoative infix -esc- in many parts of their conjugation, as well as in various derived words; two such verbs are a vorbi (“‘to say’”) and a iubi (“‘to love’”).
- A sizable group of verbs have infinitives in -i but do not use the infix -esc-, and are otherwise fairly regular; these include, among others, the common verb a dormi (“‘sleep’”), a simţi (“‘feel’”), a auzi (“‘hear’”).
- There is a variant form, -î, derived from the same Latin source.
[edit] See also
[edit] Turkish
[edit] Suffix
-i
- Third-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession.
- Accusative suffix.
[edit] Usage notes
- It's used only when the word's last vowel is "e" or "i". It may change into "-ı", "-u" and "-ü" according to the last vowel of the word. (possession suffix)
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- If the word ends in a vowel, it's used with an auxiliary consonant; "y" for the accusative case suffix and "s" for the possessive suffix
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
[edit] Uzbek
[edit] Suffix
-i (-и)
- Third person singular possessive suffix. Used after a noun ending in a consonant. It has the same meaning as uning (“‘its’”) placed before a noun.
- Bu kitobi.
- "This is its book."
- Bu kitobi.
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