-e

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

See also

• -ě
• -ně
• -y

Etymology 1

From various suffixes of the Middle Dutch [Term?] adjective inflection.

Suffix

-e

1. suffix indicating the female form of occupations or inhabitants of countries

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch -e, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch -e, the ending of the first and third person singular subjunctive.

Etymology

From the Latin and Italian adverbial suffix -e (as in bene "well"), perhaps reinforced by the Russian adverbial -e found after a palatalized consonant.

Suffix

-e

1. -ly; used to form adverbs

   bona (“good”) + ‎-e → ‎bone (“well”)

   unu (“one”) + ‎-e → ‎unue (“firstly”)

2. the ending for correlatives of place

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-ek and Proto-Finnic *-eh. Cognate to Finnish -e.

Suffix

-e (genitive -e, partitive -et)

1. Derives nouns from verbs.

   katma "to cover" → kate "cover"

   astuma "to step" → aste "a step"

   võtma "to take" → võte "trick", "mode", "way"

   mõtlema "to think" → mõte "thought"

Suffix

-e (genitive -me, partitive -et)

1. Derives nouns from verbs.

   liikuma "to move" → liige "member"

   astuma "to step" → aste "step", "grade"

   kastma "to dip" → kaste "sauce"

Suffix

-e (genitive -eda, partitive -edat)

1. Derives adjectives.

   lamama "to lay down" → lame "flat"

   krõbisema "to crunch" → krõbe "crunchy"

   tobu "fool" → tobe "silly", "dumb"

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ek and Proto-Finnic *-eh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeˣ/

Suffix

-e

1. Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives.

   ottaa (“to take (hold of)”) → ote (“grip”)

   paha (“bad, evil”) → pahe (“vice”)

   ääntää (“to pronounce, enunciate”) → äänne (“sound (in phonetics)”)

See also

• -ke
• -ine
• -nne
• -re

Pronunciation

• Silent; causes previous silent consonant to become pronounced

Suffix

-e f

1. Used to form the feminine of adjectives.

   fort + ‎-e → ‎forte

Suffix

-^e

1. Abbreviation of -ième when an ordinal number is written with Arabic numerals.

   deuxième → 2^e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ə]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German -e, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.

Etymology 2

From Middle High German -e, a merger of various Old High German vocalic endings.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛ]

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Etymology 1

• From e (“this”).
• From Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ë (interrogative particle).

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Esperanto -e, from Latin -ē.

Suffix

-e

1. -ly; used to form suffixes

Usage notes

Any adjective can be converted into an adverb by swapping the -a suffix by -e.

Suffix

-e

1. Alternative form of -ne (used after -nn in pronouns)

Suffix

-e f

1. Used to form nouns from adjectives

Suffix

-e

1. Used to form the genitive singular of second-declension nouns
2. Used to form the plural of certain nouns

Suffix

-e

1. Used with a stem to form the third-person present of regular -ere verbs and those -ire verbs that don't take "isco"

Romanization

-e

1. Rōmaji transcription of え

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of -us.

See also

Suffix

-e

1. Used to derive feminine nouns from masculine nouns (like English -ess).
2. Used to form (feminine) nouns from verb stems (e.g, iestādīt → iestāde, skatīt → skate).

Suffix

-e

1. Adverbalizing suffix for verbs which results in a participle form; it is always accompanied by the prefix t- and an indicator referring to one of the arguments of the verb (w-, n-, or ∅-)
2. Marker of circumstantial subordination of movement which indicates the reason for the movement described by the main verb

References

• Cáceres, Natalia. Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye'kwana.

Etymology

From Old Dutch -i, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.

Suffix

-e f

1. Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives, mostly those expressing physical properties.

   Synonyms: -ede, -heit

Etymology

From West Germanic *-ā, from Proto-Germanic *-ê, which survives otherwise only in Gothic (and possibly Old Norse).

Suffix

-e

1. forming adverbs from adjectives; -ly

Etymology

Latin -a.

Suffix

-e

1. used to form feminine forms of nouns and adjectives

Suffix

-e f

1. Forms concrete or abstract nouns from adjectives.

   cathach (“bellicose”) + ‎-e → ‎cathaige (“warlike spirit”)

   sáer (“free”) + ‎-e → ‎saíre (“freedom, liberty”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Etymology 1

From Latin -ae (“first-declension ending”)

Etymology 2

From Latin -e (“second-declension vocative ending”)

Etymology 3

From Latin -ere, the ending of the present active infinitive form of third conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish -er, Italian -ere, etc.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *-ę.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *-e, from Proto-Indo-European *-e, not a desinence per se but a thematic vowel in e-grade.

See also

• -je
• -ce
• -ance
• -ašce
• -ešce

Suffix

-e

1. Conjugates verbs into the subjunctive mood (archaic except for the past subjunctive of vara: vore)
2. Marker of definiteness on past participles ending in -ad
3. Marker of plural on past participles ending in -ad
4. Marker of definiteness on superlatives ending in -ast
5. Marker of definiteness on adjectives describing nouns with masculine semantic gender (sex)

Alternative forms

• -ye
• -a
• -ya

Suffix

-e

1. to (puts the word into the dative case)

Clitic

-e

1. Phrase-final clitic used when an article precedes at least one word.

   ti vinike ― the man

References

• Aissen, Judith (1987) Tzotzil Clause Structure, p. 3. Dordrecht: D. Reidel. →ISBN