i'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

English

Preposition

i'

1. (colloquial, poetic) Contraction of in.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], line 44:

     Thou speak'st with all thy wit; / And yet, i' faith, with wit enough for thee.

Derived terms

• Hall i' th' Wood
• i' faith

Pronoun

i'

1. (colloquial) Contraction of it.

Guerrero Amuzgo

Article

i'

1. the singular definite article, the

Synonyms

• ëⁿ'

See also

• eⁿ' plural

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/
• Hyphenation: i'

Pronoun

i' (apocopated) (archaic; or Tuscany and colloquial)

1. apocopic form of io
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], line 13; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ma poi ch’i’ fui al piè d’un colle giunto,

     But after I had reached a mountain's foot,

     (literally, “But then that I had at the foot of a hill reached,”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi/, /i/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ì', i'

Adverb

i' (apocopated) (archaic)

1. apocopic form of ivi

   Alternative form: i

Middle French

Alternative forms

• j'

Pronoun

i'

1. Elided form of ie, used before a word starting with a vowel

Neapolitan

Pronoun

i'

1. alternative form of io

Norman

Etymology

Old French il.

Pronoun

i'

1. (Jersey) he
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[2], page 512:

     Si nou lli dounne ùn peis i' prend une faïve.

     If you give him a pea, he will take a bean.

2. (Jersey, impersonal) it

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• i

Preposition

i'

1. apocopic form of in, chiefly used before definite articles

   Abà mi posu i' la caddrea ― Now I'll sit on the chair