"ei" meaning in Italian

See ei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈe.i/, /e.i/ Forms: e' [alternative]
Rhymes: -ei Etymology: Syncopated form of elli (“he”), from Vulgar Latin *illi, from Latin ille (“that”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|VL.|*illi}} Vulgar Latin *illi, {{der|it|la|ille||that}} Latin ille (“that”) Head templates: {{head|it|pronoun|g=m}} ei m
  1. (poetic, archaic, after the verb) alternative form of egli Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, masculine, poetic Alternative form of: egli
    Sense id: en-ei-it-pron-HlR1v1Al Categories (other): Italian links with manual fragments, Italian links with redundant alt parameters, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian links with manual fragments: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈe.i/, /e.i/ Forms: e' [alternative]
Rhymes: -ei Etymology: Syncopated form of elli (“they”), from Latin illī (“those”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|illī||those}} Latin illī (“those”) Head templates: {{head|it|pronoun|g=m-p}} ei m pl
  1. (archaic) alternative form of elli Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, masculine, plural Alternative form of: elli
    Sense id: en-ei-it-pron-P2DCtpRk Categories (other): Italian links with manual fragments, Italian links with redundant alt parameters, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian links with manual fragments: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛ.i/
Rhymes: -ɛi Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} ei
  1. (archaic) alternative form of ebbi: first-person singular past historic of avere Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic Alternative form of: ebbi (extra: first-person singular past historic of avere)
    Sense id: en-ei-it-verb-AjXujSRJ Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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