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-i

/iː/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 7.09 in modern English

Syllables
-i
IPA
/iː/
1
Scrabble Score
1
Letters
2
Syllables
1
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Used to form adjectives, nouns, demonyms (describing people of a particular city, region or country) or genonyms (describing people of a particular tribe, clan or family) and the language spoken by these people.

suffix

Forms an alternative plural ending for various words borrowed from Latin that end in ⟨us⟩ in the singular.

suffix

Forms an alternative plural ending for various words borrowed from Latin that end in ⟨us⟩ in the singular.

suffix

Forms an alternative plural ending for words borrowed from Italian that end in ⟨o⟩ or ⟨e⟩ in the singular.

suffix

Used to form diminutives of given names.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)bor. Hebrew ־י (-i)bor. Middle Persian yḥ (īh) Middle Persian ig Persian ـی (-ī)bor. Proto-Indo-Iranian *i- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas Sanskrit -इक (-ika) Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas Sanskrit -ईय (-īya) Prakrit -इय (-iya) ▲ Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ. ▲ Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. ▲ Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ. Hindi -ई (-ī)bor. Urdu ـی (-ī)bor. English -i A conflation of the following suffixes: * For Semitic-speaking places, from the Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) (nisba suffix) and from Hebrew ־י (-i), both sharing a common Semitic root. * For Indo-Iranian-speaking places, from Persian ـی (-ī) and Hindustani Hindi -ई (-ī) / Urdu ـی (-ī). In English, productive since the 19th century.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ـِيّ, ־י, -, ـی, -ई, -ī

Phrases

-er -stan

Frequently Paired Words

-er -stan

Homonyms

-ae æ œ

Questions

How do you pronounce -i?
The recorded pronunciation is /iː/.
What does -i mean?
Used to form adjectives, nouns, demonyms (describing people of a particular city, region or country) or genonyms (describing people of a particular tribe, clan or family) and the language spoken by these people.
Where does -i come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce -i

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