"-i" meaning in English

See -i in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /i/
enPR: ē Etymology: From the Arabic nisba suffix ـِيّ (-iyy) or from Hebrew ־י (-i), both sharing a common Semitic root. In English productive from the 19th century. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ar|-}} Arabic, {{m|ar|ـِيّ}} ـِيّ (-iyy), {{der|en|he|־י|tr=-i}} Hebrew ־י (-i), {{der|en|sem|-}} Semitic Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=noun-forming suffixes|head=|id=demonym}} -i, {{en-suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=noun-forming suffixes|id=demonym}} -i
  1. Used to form adjectives and nouns describing people of a particular city, region, or country, and the language spoken by these people. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -er, -stan Translations (suffix to form a demonym (especially in the Middle East)): ـِيّ (-iyy) (Arabic), -í [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ־ִי [-i, masculine] (Hebrew), -ई (-ī) (Hindi), -i (Hungarian), [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--i-en-suffix-EvimaJ7I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /i/ (note: dependent on the specific lexical item, sometimes variable), /aɪ/ (note: dependent on the specific lexical item, sometimes variable)
enPR: ē (note: dependent on the specific lexical item, sometimes variable) Etymology: From Latin -ī, the plural ending of the Latin second declension, whence the plural of Italian nouns in -o and -e. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-ī}} Latin -ī Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -i, {{en-suffix}} -i
  1. Used to form the plural of some words of Latin or Italian origin. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--i-en-suffix-uPBUxWxb Categories (other): English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: /i/
enPR: ē Etymology: Variant of -ie or -y. Etymology templates: {{m|en|-ie}} -ie, {{m|en|-y}} -y Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -i, {{en-suffix}} -i
  1. Used to form diminutives of given names. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--i-en-suffix-r5~8FwrJ Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 12 57 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for -i meaning in English (5.3kB)

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