eri

See also: ERI, éri, ĕri, -eri, -eri-, eri-, Eri., and -ëri

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô. Cognate with Swedish hare.

Noun

eri m

1. hare

Inflection

Declension of eri

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eri	erin	erir	erir
accusative	erå	erån	erå	erą̊
dative	erå	eråm	erum	erum(e)
genitive	—	eråmes	—	erumes

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Estonian

Etymology

Derived from era- (“private”). Cognate to Finnish eri and Votic eri.

Adjective

eri (genitive eri, partitive eri, comparative erim, superlative kõige erim)

1. separate, distinct, set apart

Usage notes

Does not inflect. Often prefixed.

Derived terms

• erinema
• eriline

Noun

eri (genitive eri, partitive eri)

1. special

Declension

Declension of eri (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		eri	erid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	eri
genitive			eride
partitive		eri	erisid
illative		erri erisse	eridesse
inessive		eris	erides
elative		erist	eridest
allative		erile	eridele
adessive		eril	eridel
ablative		erilt	eridelt
translative		eriks	erideks
terminative		erini	erideni
essive		erina	eridena
abessive		erita	erideta
comitative		eriga	eridega

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Faroese

Verb

eri

1. I am, first-person singular present of vera (to be)

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Finnish

Etymology

From , derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *erä (“apart”). Cognate with Estonian eri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeri/, [ˈe̞ri]
• Hyphenation: e‧ri
• Rhymes: -eri

Adjective

eri (not comparable, indeclinable)

1. different, other, another

   Se on eri sana.

   That's a different / another word.

2. different, separate

Inflection

Declension of eri noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative eri- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative – – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – erillään distributive – erittäin ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – erilleen prolative – – essive – – situative – – translative – erikseen oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

The cases of eri are used only as adverbs.

Synonyms

• (separate): erillinen

Derived terms

• olla eri mieltä jonkun kanssa = to disagree with sb
• eri tavalla = in a different manner, in a different way
• eri tavoin = in different/many manners, in different/many ways
• adjectives: erikoinen, erilainen, erillinen, erinäinen, erityinen, eriävä
• verbs: eristää, eritä, eriyttää

Adverb

eri

1. (rare) really, truly

   Olet eri hyvä kaveri.

   You're a really good friend.

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Ido

Noun

eri

1. plural of ero

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Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish eri.

Adjective

eri

1. different
2. separate

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Italian

Verb

eri

1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of essere

Anagrams

• ire, rei, riè

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Japanese

Romanization

eri

1. Rōmaji transcription of えり

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• ri

Noun

eri

1. thorn
2. fishbone

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Karelian

Adjective

eri

1. different

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) erī

1. inflection of erus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

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Middle English

Etymology

Probably from a variant form of Old English earg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Doublet of argh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːriː/

Noun

eri

1. (rare, Late Middle English) frightening, fearing

Descendants

• English: eerie

References

• “ērī (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-23.

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Dutch heel/hele?”)

Noun

eri

1. whole

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Turkish

Noun

eri

1. inflection of er:
   1. accusative singular
   2. third-person singular possessive