-î

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

Kurdish

Etymology

• In second person verb conjugation, from (from *h₁es-).
• In making adjectives out of nouns, from Proto-Iranian, ultimately from ; cognates include Sanskrit -कस (-kasa), Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ, Latin -icus, Old English -iġ, English -y.
• As an agent marker, from Proto-Iranian, cognates include Old Persian -ahya, Avestan hōi, Middle Persian -ē.

Suffix

1. added to adjectives to make nouns having that adjective's quality:

2. added to nouns to make descriptive adjectives:

3. added to place nouns to make a gendered noun of origin or nationality:

4. makes names of languages from names of peoples:

5. his or her:

   , same as "serê wê/wî"

   , same as "destê wê/wî"

6. (Sorani) marks a third person singular agent:

   Ew be kurrekanî wit: He said to the boys

   kurrî: his son

   Pirsyarêkî lê kirdîn: He asked a question of us

7. used for conjugation of the second person singular (tu):

   tu dibêjî: you speak

   tu hatî: you came

8. (oral), (nonstandard) used for present tense conjugation of the third person singular:

   ew dibêjî: he speaks

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin -īre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of fourth conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish ir and French -ir, Italian -ire, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/

Suffix

-î

1. A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

Usage notes

• Most verbs with infinitives in -î are marked by the once-inchoative infix -ăsc- in many parts of their conjugation, as well as in various derived words; two such verbs are a urî (“to hate”) and a hotărî (“to decide”).
• A sizable group of verbs have infinitives in -î but do not use the infix -ăsc-, and are otherwise fairly regular; these include, among others, the common verb a coborî (“to descend”).
• There is a variant form, -i, derived from the same Latin source.

Related terms

• -ea
• -i
• -e
• -a

See also

• -re