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Contents 1 Classical Nahuatl 1.1 Number 1.1.1 Synonyms 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Estonian 3.1 Adverb 3.1.1 Antonyms 3.2 Verb 3.2.1 Usage notes 4 Faroese 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adverb 4.2.1 Synonyms 4.2.2 Derived terms 5 Finnish 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Interjection 5.3.1 Antonyms 5.4 Verb 5.4.1 Conjugation 5.4.2 Usage notes 5.4.3 Derived terms 5.4.4 Related terms 6 Icelandic 6.1 Adverb 6.1.1 Derived terms 7 Kott 7.1 Etymology 1 7.2 Noun 7.3 Etymology 2 7.4 Noun 8 Latin 8.1 Interjection 8.2 Pronoun 9 Mandarin 9.1 Pinyin syllable 9.1.1 Usage notes 10 Old High German 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Descendants 11 Romanian 11.1 Pronunciation 11.2 Pronoun 11.2.1 Declension 11.2.2 Synonyms 11.3 Pronoun 11.3.1 Declension 11.3.2 Synonyms 11.4 Pronoun 11.4.1 Synonyms 12 Scots 12.1 Noun 12.2 Pronoun

[edit] Classical Nahuatl

[edit] Number

ēi

1. three.

[edit] Synonyms

• eyi
• yei

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ajjam, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Belgium)  audio (Belgium)^{help, file}
• IPA: /ɛɪ/

[edit] Noun

ei n. (plural eieren, diminutive eitje, diminutive plural eitjes)

1. egg

   Wie kookte deze eieren? : Who boiled these eggs?

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Adverb

ei

1. no (a negating expression)

[edit] Antonyms

• jaa
• jah
• küll

[edit] Verb

ei

1. (auxiliary verb) don't, doesn't, not: used in negative forms of non-imperative verbs. Ma ei tea. I don't know. (Compare: Ma tean. I know.)

[edit] Usage notes

The verb follows the word ei.

In the present tense indicative, the form of the verb coincides with the imperative of the second person singular. In past tenses indicative, the form of the verb is personal past participle. In the conditional mood, the form of the verb coincides with third person singular conditional in the present tense or the past tense. In the indirect mood, the form of the verb is the indirect form.

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ai]

[edit] Adverb

ei

1. not

[edit] Synonyms

• ikki

[edit] Derived terms

• ei og ikki - as well as, both ... and
• grát ei - do not weep (song title by Eivør Pálsdóttir, 2007)

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric negative verb stem *e-. Cognates include Estonian ei and North Sámi ii.

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: ei
• Rhymes: -ei
• IPA: [ei]

[edit] Interjection

ei

1. no! (a negating expression)

[edit] Antonyms

• kyllä

[edit] Verb

ei

1. The third-person singular form of the negation verb, used also with impersonal verb forms (see the usage in passive below). The English translations include don’t, doesn’t, not (with auxiliary verbs and be), and no.

[edit] Conjugation

• The negative verb has no infinitive form. The negative verb is the same with indicative, conditional and potential mood and, with those moods, it is conjugated only in person. (For the third-person singular of the negative verb in the imperative mood, see älköön. An archaic optative mood has also a second-person singular form, ällös.)

	singular	plural
first person	en	emme
second person	et	ette
third person	ei	eivät

[edit] Usage notes

• The negation verb is used with the connegative form of the main verb. That form is identical to the second-person singular imperative in the indicative present. The potential mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -ne-, and the conditional mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -isi-. In the indicative past, conditional past and potential past, the active past participle singular (ending -ut/-yt) is used. The connegative form of the main verb is always used without the personal suffix.

• Usage of ei in active:

• Indicative:

• Hän näkee. (She/He sees.) -> Hän ei näe. (She/He does not see.)
• Hän näki. (She/He saw.) -> Hän ei nähnyt. (She/He did not see.)
• Hän on nähnyt. (She/He has seen.) -> Hän ei ole nähnyt. (She/He has not seen.)
• Hän oli nähnyt. (She/He had seen.) -> Hän ei ollut nähnyt. (She/He had not seen.)

• Conditional:

• Hän näkisi. (She/He would see.) -> Hän ei näkisi. (She/He would not see.)
• Hän olisi nähnyt. (She/He would have seen.) -> Hän ei olisi nähnyt. (She/He would not have seen.)

• Potential:

• Hän nähnee. (She/He probably sees.) -> Hän ei nähne. (She/He probably does not see.)
• Hän lienee nähnyt. (She/He has probably seen.) -> Hän ei liene nähnyt. (She/He has probably not seen.)

• The passive is construed with ei and by dropping the two last letters (indicative -an / -än, conditional -in, potential -en) from the impersonal verb form. In the past of all the three moods, ei is used with the passive past participle singular (ending -tu / -ty):

• Usage of ei in passive (i.e., in sentences where the impersonal verb form is used):

• Indicative:

• Hänet/Minut/Meidät nähdään. (S/he is / I am / We are seen.) -> Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei nähdä. (S/he is / I am / We are not seen.)
• Hänet/Minut/Meidät nähtiin. (S/he was / I was / We were seen.) -> Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei nähty. (S/he was / I was / We were not seen.)
• Hänet/Minut/Meidät on nähty. (S/he has / I have / We have been seen.) -> Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei ole nähty. (S/He has / I have / We have not been seen.)
• Hänet/Minut/Meidät oli nähty. (S/he / I / We had been seen.) -> Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei ollut nähty. (S/he / I / We had not been seen.)

• Conditional:

• Hänet/Minut/Meidät nähtäisiin. (S/he / I / We would be seen.) -> Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei nähtäisi. (S/he / I / We would not be seen.)
• Hänet/Minut/Meidät olisi nähty. (S/he / I / We would have been seen.) -> Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei olisi nähty. (S/he / I / We would not have been seen.)

• Potential:

• Hänet/Minut/Meidät nähtäneen. (S/he is / I am / We are probably seen.) -> Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei nähtäne. (S/he is / I am / We are probably not seen.)
• Hänet/Minut/Meidät lienee nähty. (S/he has / I have / We have probably been seen.) -> Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei liene nähty. (S/he has / I have / We have probably not been seen.)

• Note that the accusative objects (e.g. minut, sinut, hänet, meidät, teidät, heidät), the genitive-looking accusative objects singular (talon, kissan, koiran) and the nominative-looking accusative objects plural (talot, kissat, koirat) are never used in a sentence together with the negative verb – in these cases, the partitive is used:

• Hän näkee koiran (accusative). (S/he sees a dog.) -> Hän ei näe koiraa (partitive). (S/he does not see a dog.)
• Hän näkee naiset (accusative). (S/he sees the women.) -> Hän ei näe naisia (partitive). (S/he does not see women/the women)

[edit] Derived terms

• eih
• eittämättä

[edit] Related terms

• epä-
• evätä

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Adverb

ei

1. (archaic) not

   Örvæntið ei!

   Disper not!

   Ég veit ei hvað skal segja.

   I know not what to say.

[edit] Derived terms

• gleym-mér-ei

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[edit] Kott

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔej- ("pine"). Compare Arin aja ("pine").

[edit] Noun

ei (plural en)

1. a pine tree

[edit] Etymology 2

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔej ("tongue"). Compare Pumpokol aj ("tongue").

[edit] Noun

ei (plural ējaŋ)

1. voice, sound

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Interjection

ei!

1. oh! (expressing alarm)

[edit] Pronoun

eī

1. To him, for him, to her, for her, to it, for it (dative singular masculine, feminine and neuter of is)

   Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.

   He said that two things had abashed him.

2. they (nominative plural masculine of is)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

ei

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, ēi, ěi, or èi.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ajjam, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

[edit] Noun

ei n.

1. egg

[edit] Descendants

• German: Ei

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /jej/
• IPA: /jej/

[edit] Pronoun

ei m. (third-person plural)

1. they (used for an all-male or mixed-sex group)

[edit] Declension

Nominative
ei
Accusative
stressed		unstressed
ei		îi
Genitive
one form for all numbers and genders
lor
Dative
stressed		unstressed
lor		le
Reflexive
Accusative		Dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
sine	se	sieşi	îşi

[edit] Synonyms

• dumnealor (polite form)

[edit] Pronoun

ei (genitive form of ea)

1. her

   a cartea ei?

   do you have her book?

[edit] Declension

singular & plural
masculine, feminine & neuter
ei

[edit] Synonyms

• său

[edit] Pronoun

ei (stressed dative form of ea)

1. to her

[edit] Synonyms

• îi (unstressed form)

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Noun

ei (plural een)

1. (South Scots) an eye.

[edit] Pronoun

ei

1. (South Scots, personal) he (alternative form of hei)