-í
Catalan
Suffix
-í m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ins)
- forms diminutives
- forms names of plants and animals
- forms names of tools
Derived terms
Czech
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-jь.
Suffix
-í (adjective-forming suffix)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Czech -ie, from Proto-Slavic *-ьje.
Suffix
-í (noun-forming suffix)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Přídavná jména tvořená příponou -í z obecných jmen rostlin, Naše řeč (2002)
Irish
Alternative forms
- -aí (broad version)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iː/
Suffix
-í
- forms adjectives
Derived terms
Macanese
Alternative forms
- (archaic) -ir
Etymology
From Portuguese -ir, the third-conjugation verb-forming suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi/
Usage notes
- Largely not productive outside of verbs formed from non-Portuguese stems.
- Much rarer than -â, and only used when the final vowel of the original loanword is -i.
Derived terms
Navajo
Suffix
-í
- (nominalizer) the one that, the one who
Usage notes
Similar to the -er suffix in English, the -í suffix attached to a verb means "the one who does [verb]".
Thus naaʼnaʼ (“he/she/it crawls about”) + -í ("-er") produces naaʼnaʼí ("the one that crawls, crawler"). Prefixing this with chidí (“car”) produces chidí naaʼnaʼí (“caterpillar tractor”).
Phalura
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-í/
Suffix
-í
- Converb suffix
References
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-í/
Suffix
-í
- Plural suffix (with i-declension nouns)
References
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-í/
Suffix
-í
- Oblique case suffix (with i-declension nouns)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi/ [ˈi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: -í
Suffix
-í m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -ís or -íes)
-í m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ís or -íes)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *-īī < Latin -īvī, first-person singular present perfect active indicative ending of the fourth conjugation, later generalized to almost all non-first conjugation verbs.
Suffix
-í (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)