-i in Old Dutch

Forms: no-plural [table-tags], -i [nominative, singular], -i [accusative, singular], -i [genitive, singular], -i [dative, singular] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *-ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄. Etymology templates: {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*-ī}} Proto-West Germanic *-ī, {{inh|odt|gem-pro|*-į̄}} Proto-Germanic *-į̄ Head templates: {{head|odt|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=f}} -i f Inflection templates: {{odt-decl-noun-in|-|g=f}}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "word": "-e"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*-ī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ī"
    ],
    [
      "*-į̄",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-į̄"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-į̄"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-į̄",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-plural",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "odt-decl-noun-in",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "īn-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "-i f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "odt-decl-noun-in"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Dutch",
  "lang_code": "odt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 75 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ness, -th Forms abstract nouns from adjectives which represent the state, quality or measure of the adjective."
      ],
      "id": "en--i-odt-suffix-14-zsFXB",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ness",
          "-ness"
        ],
        [
          "-th",
          "-th"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-heit"
        },
        {
          "word": "-itha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-i"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "word": "-e"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*-ī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ī"
    ],
    [
      "*-į̄",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-į̄"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-į̄"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-į̄",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-plural",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "odt-decl-noun-in",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "īn-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "-i f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "odt-decl-noun-in"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Dutch",
  "lang_code": "odt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Dutch feminine suffixes",
        "Old Dutch lemmas",
        "Old Dutch noun-forming suffixes",
        "Old Dutch suffixes",
        "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old Dutch īn-stem nouns",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 75 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ness, -th Forms abstract nouns from adjectives which represent the state, quality or measure of the adjective."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ness",
          "-ness"
        ],
        [
          "-th",
          "-th"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-heit"
    },
    {
      "word": "-itha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-i"
}

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"-i" meaning in Old Dutch

Suffix