"ri" meaning in Esperanto

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Pronoun

IPA: [ri] Forms: rin [accusative], ria [possessive]
Head templates: {{head|eo|pronoun|accusative|rin|possessive|ria}} ri (accusative rin, possessive ria)
  1. (gender-neutral, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun. Wikipedia link: ri (pronoun) Tags: gender-neutral, nonstandard Synonyms: ŝli [neologism, proscribed] Holonyms: li (english: he), ŝi (english: she) Derived forms: riismo (english: ri-ism)
    Sense id: en-ri-eo-pron-51bMtDf3 Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto pronouns

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rin",
      "tags": [
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ria",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "accusative",
        "4": "rin",
        "5": "possessive",
        "6": "ria"
      },
      "expansion": "ri (accusative rin, possessive ria)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ri"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "ri-ism",
          "word": "riismo"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Why is it important, who they are?",
          "ref": "1997, Liland Brajant ROS', “Pri Sennaciistaj postulatoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet)",
          "text": "Kial gravas, kiu ri estas?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A neighbor working in the same workplace / In the beautiful house they don't paint anymore",
          "ref": "2006, “Maldormemo mia”, in Eksenlime, performed by La Perdita Generacio",
          "text": "Najbaro laboranta en la sama laborejo / En la bela domo ri ne pentras plu",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "They were the most patient and intelligent dog I had ever met.",
          "ref": "2014, Roland Bonkorpa, “Fiinsulo”, in Beletra Almanako, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32",
          "text": "Ri estis la plej pacienca kaj inteligenta hundo, kiun mi iam renkontis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun."
      ],
      "holonyms": [
        {
          "english": "he",
          "word": "li"
        },
        {
          "english": "she",
          "word": "ŝi"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-ri-eo-pron-51bMtDf3",
      "links": [
        [
          "gender-neutral",
          "gender-neutral#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gender-neutral, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "neologism",
            "proscribed"
          ],
          "word": "ŝli"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "gender-neutral",
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ri (pronoun)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ri]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ri"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "ri-ism",
      "word": "riismo"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rin",
      "tags": [
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ria",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "accusative",
        "4": "rin",
        "5": "possessive",
        "6": "ria"
      },
      "expansion": "ri (accusative rin, possessive ria)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "holonyms": [
    {
      "english": "he",
      "word": "li"
    },
    {
      "english": "she",
      "word": "ŝi"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ri"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto gender-neutral terms",
        "Esperanto lemmas",
        "Esperanto nonstandard terms",
        "Esperanto pronouns",
        "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Esperanto terms with audio links",
        "Esperanto terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Why is it important, who they are?",
          "ref": "1997, Liland Brajant ROS', “Pri Sennaciistaj postulatoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet)",
          "text": "Kial gravas, kiu ri estas?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A neighbor working in the same workplace / In the beautiful house they don't paint anymore",
          "ref": "2006, “Maldormemo mia”, in Eksenlime, performed by La Perdita Generacio",
          "text": "Najbaro laboranta en la sama laborejo / En la bela domo ri ne pentras plu",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "They were the most patient and intelligent dog I had ever met.",
          "ref": "2014, Roland Bonkorpa, “Fiinsulo”, in Beletra Almanako, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32",
          "text": "Ri estis la plej pacienca kaj inteligenta hundo, kiun mi iam renkontis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gender-neutral",
          "gender-neutral#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gender-neutral, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "gender-neutral",
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ri (pronoun)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ri]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "neologism",
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "ŝli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ri"
}

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