-í

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈ-i/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From Latin -inus.

Suffix

-í m (masculine plural -ins, feminine -ina, feminine plural -ines)

1. -ine (of or pertaining to)

   marí, boví, argentí

   marine, bovine, Argentinian

2. Used to form diminutives.

   gavotí, corbatí, flautí

   auklet, bowtie, piccolo

Etymology 2

Suffix

-í m

1. (chemistry) -yne

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -í

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Czech

Suffix

-í

1. Forming attributive adjectives from nouns, especially animals

   ‎labuť + ‎-í → ‎labutí

   ‎liška + ‎-í → ‎liščí

   ‎kníže + ‎-í → ‎knížecí

   ‎orel + ‎-í → ‎orlí

2. Forming nouns referring to collections

   ‎dřevo + ‎-í → ‎dříví

   ‎kámen + ‎-í → ‎kamení

   ‎ostrov + ‎-í → ‎souostroví

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -í

See also

• -ní
• -ský

Further reading

• Přídavná jména tvořená příponou -í z obecných jmen rostlin, Naše řeč (2002)

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Irish

Alternative forms

• -aí (broad version)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Suffix

-í

1. forms adjectives

Derived terms

Irish terms suffixed with -í

Suffix

-í

1. slender form of -aí (“plural suffix”)

Suffix

-í m

1. slender form of -aí (“agent suffix”)

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Navajo

Prefix

-í

1. (disjunct prefix of position I)
   Postpositional prefix meaning “against”. It is often found in contraction with ná- (“around” or reversionary) as (b)éé-, where it converges in shape with -é (“about”).
   ► Navajo verbs with postpositional prefix -í

Suffix

-í

1. (nominalizer) the one that, the one who

Usage notes

Similar to the -er suffix in English, the -í suffix attached to a verb means "the one who does [verb]".

Thus naaʼnaʼ (“he/she/it crawls about”) + -í ("-er") produces naaʼnaʼí ("the one that crawls, crawler"). Prefixing this with chidí (“car”) produces chidí naaʼnaʼí (“caterpillar tractor”).

See also

• -é
• -ígíí
• -ii

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Phalura

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-í/

Suffix

-í

1. Converb suffix

Alternative forms

• -aá (With a-ending verb stems)
• -eé (With o-ending verb stems)

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-í/

Suffix

-í

1. Plural suffix (with i-declension nouns)

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-í/

Suffix

-í

1. Oblique case suffix (with i-declension nouns)

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi/ [ˈi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: -í

Etymology 1

From the Arabic suffix ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Suffix

-í (plural -ís or -íes) (adjective)
-í m or f by sense (plural -ís or -íes) (noun)

1. Suffix indicating certain demonyms, especially from Arabic and Indo-Iranian countries and regions

   ‎Irán + ‎-í → ‎iraní

   ‎Irak + ‎-í → ‎iraquí

   ‎Azer(baiyán) + ‎-í → ‎azerí

   ‎Marruecos + ‎-í → ‎marroquí

   ‎Panyab + ‎-í → ‎panyabí

See also

• -ense
• -ano
• -eño

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *-īī < Latin -īvī, first-person singular present perfect active indicative ending of the fourth conjugation, later generalized to almost all non-first conjugation verbs.

Suffix

-í

1. First person preterite ending of regular -er and -ir verbs

   ‎comer (“to eat”) + ‎-í → ‎comí (“I ate”)

   ‎escribir (“to write”) + ‎-í → ‎escribí (“I wrote”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -í