"-ni" meaning in Old Irish

See -ni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *snīs (“we”) (compare Welsh ni). Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*snīs||we}} Proto-Celtic *snīs (“we”), {{cog|cy|ni}} Welsh ni Head templates: {{head|sga|suffix|cat2=emphatic suffixes|cat3=|g=|g2=}} -ni, {{sga-suffix|e}} -ni
  1. 1st person plural emphatic suffix Tags: emphatic, first-person, morpheme, plural, suffix Synonyms: -nai, -sni
    Sense id: en--ni-sga-suffix-RvN~PFtH Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Related terms: 1 sg, -se, -sa, 2 sg, -siu, -so, -su, 3 sg. m.n., -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam, 3 sg. f., -si, 1 pl, -nai, -sni, 2 pl, 3 pl, Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor, to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject, and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object

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        "2": "cel-pro",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "cy",
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      },
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    }
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      },
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      },
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    }
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          "parents": [
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "1st person plural emphatic suffix"
      ],
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "-se"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sa"
        },
        {
          "word": "2 sg"
        },
        {
          "word": "-siu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-so"
        },
        {
          "word": "-su"
        },
        {
          "word": "3 sg. m.n."
        },
        {
          "word": "-som"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sem"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sium"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sum"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sam"
        },
        {
          "word": "3 sg. f."
        },
        {
          "word": "-si"
        },
        {
          "word": "1 pl"
        },
        {
          "word": "-nai"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sni"
        },
        {
          "word": "2 pl"
        },
        {
          "word": "3 pl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor"
        },
        {
          "word": "to verbs"
        },
        {
          "word": "predicate adjectives"
        },
        {
          "word": "and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject"
        },
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          "word": "and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object"
        }
      ],
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          "word": "-nai"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sni"
        }
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        "morpheme",
        "plural",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "e"
      },
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      "name": "sga-suffix"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
      "word": "1 sg"
    },
    {
      "word": "-se"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sa"
    },
    {
      "word": "2 sg"
    },
    {
      "word": "-siu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-so"
    },
    {
      "word": "-su"
    },
    {
      "word": "3 sg. m.n."
    },
    {
      "word": "-som"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sem"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sium"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sum"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sam"
    },
    {
      "word": "3 sg. f."
    },
    {
      "word": "-si"
    },
    {
      "word": "1 pl"
    },
    {
      "word": "-nai"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sni"
    },
    {
      "word": "2 pl"
    },
    {
      "word": "3 pl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor"
    },
    {
      "word": "to verbs"
    },
    {
      "word": "predicate adjectives"
    },
    {
      "word": "and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject"
    },
    {
      "word": "and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish emphatic suffixes",
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish suffixes",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "1st person plural emphatic suffix"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "morpheme",
        "plural",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-nai"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sni"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ni"
}

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