-i

Suffix

-i

1. Used to form adjectives and nouns describing people of a particular city, region, or country, and the language spoken by these people.

   Iraq → Iraqi, Israel → Israeli, Pakistan → Pakistani, Bengal → Bengali, Nepal → Nepali, Desh → Desi, Hyderabad → Hyderabadi

References

• OED, s.v. "-i, suffix²".

Suffix

-i

1. used to indicate a plural form of some words of Latin or Italian origin, such as fungi, virtuosi or concerti

References

• OED, s.v. "-i, suffix¹".

Usage notes

• In Chuukese, transitive verbs in their base form already have the third person singular indirect object implied on them, although the suffix -i can be added for emphasis.

Suffix

-i

1. verbal inflection marking the infinitive

Suffix

-i

1. common vowel of personal pronouns: mi, ni, ci, vi, li, ŝi, ĝi, oni, ili, si.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Suffix

-i

1. A nominal suffix used in eg. syle- (“fathom”) → syli (“bosom”), ukko (“man”) → ukki (“grandfather”).
2. (archaic) Used to mark the first part of a compound word, e.g. lehmä (“cow”) → lehmi-.

See also

• -kki
• -ri

Suffix

-i

1. Derives a number of adverbs of generally lative or locative meaning, e.g. aukea- (“to open”) → auki (“open”), ylä- (“upper, high”) → yli (“over”).

Derived terms

See also

• -lti
• -sti
• -ti

Derived terms

See also

• -lein, -chen, -erl

Usage notes

Sometimes additive after r stems.

Many verbs are intransitivized simply by changing the inflectional ending, without changing the stem; of those that do use an affix, it is not predictable which of -i, -nnig, -ller and -si are used. Also, verbs may use more than one of these, with similarly unpredictable results (e.g. errorsivoq (“wash clothes”) vs. erruivoq (“do dishes”), both from errorpaa). If a verb uses one of these affixes, the unaffixed intransitive form may be passive, reciprocal or reflexive w.r.t. the transitive form.

Synonyms

• -nnig, -ller, -si

Suffix

-i

1. (adjective suffix) Added to a proper noun or a noun to form an adjective.

   Amerika (“America”) → amerikai (“American”)

   város (“city”) → városi (“urban”)

   Freud (“Freud”) → freudi (“Freudian”)

Suffix

-i

1. (possessive suffix) his/her/its ...-s (third-person singular, multiple possessions)

   kapu (“gate”) → a kapui (“his/her/its gates”)

   palota (“palace”) → a palotái (“his/her/its palaces”)

   érme (“coin”) → az érméi (“his/her/its coins”)

2. (possessive suffix) your ... -s (second-person singular and plural formal, multiple possessions)

   a maga kapui, az ön kapui ― your (singular, formal) gates

   a maguk kapui, az önök kapui ― your (plural, formal) gates

Suffix

-i

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood, definite conjugation).

   kér (“to request”) → kéri (“he/she asks something, he/she is asking something”)

Suffix

-i

1. (diminutive suffix) Added to nouns, mostly used by the younger generation or in informal conversations.

   fagylalt → fagyi (“ice cream”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Suffix

-i (with odd-syllable stems -eaddji)

1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.

Suffix

-i

1. Forms adjectives indicating an abundance of something.

   geađgi (“stone”) + ‎-i → ‎geađgái (“stony”)

   vuodja (“fat”) + ‎-i → ‎vuddjii (“rich in fat”)

Suffix

-i

1. The ending of the illative singular case.

Suffix

-ī

1. productive suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives

   menigī, managī (“crowd, amount”) from manag (“many”)

   tiufī (“depth”) from tiuf (“deep”)

   finstrī, finstarī (“darkness”) from finstar (“dark”)

   hōhī (“height”) from hōh (“high”)

   lengī (“length”) from lang (“long”)

   breitī (“breadth”) from breit (“broad”)

Suffix

-ī

1. non-productive suffix used to form action nouns from weak verbs

   toufī (“baptism”) from toufen (“to baptise”)

   welī (“choice”) from wellen (“to choose”)

Usage notes

This suffix is used only after third-person singular forms. After 1st person singular forms in -(e)a, 1st person plural forms in -mi, and 3rd person plural forms in -(a)it, the suffix -it is sometimes used.

Derived terms

See also

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʲ/, /j/

Suffix

-i

1. (plural) -s

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/, /i/

Suffix

-i m

1. (definite article) the (masculine plural, nominative and accusative)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Suffix

-i

1. A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Usage notes

• It's used only when the word's last vowel is "e" or "i". It may change into "-ı", "-u" and "-ü" according to the last vowel of the word. (possession suffix)

  kız + ‎-i → ‎kızı (the last vowel is "a" or "ı")

  yol + ‎-i → ‎yolu (the last vowel is "o" or "u")

  yüz + ‎-i → ‎yüzü (the last vowel is "ö" or "ü")

• If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".

  sebep + ‎-i → ‎sebebi

  çekiç + ‎-i → ‎çekici

  senet + ‎-i → ‎senedi

  çiçek + ‎-i → ‎çiçeği

• If the word ends in a vowel, it's used with an auxiliary consonant; "y" for the accusative case suffix and "s" for the possessive suffix

  kedi + ‎-i → ‎kediyi

  kedi + ‎-i → ‎kedisi

• It must be used with an apostrophe if it is appended to a proper noun.

  Zafer + ‎-i → ‎Zafer'i

  Ali + ‎-i → ‎Ali'yi / Ali'si

Suffix

-i

1. -er; forms agent nouns from verbs.

Suffix

-i

1. -ing; forms the present active participle of verbs.

Suffix

-i

1. Pluralisation suffix

   toiled (“toilet”) → toiledi (“toilets”)

Suffix

-i

1. Forms verbal nouns.

Usage notes

The suffix replaces the -a inherent in the verb stem.

Derived terms