-ei
Chuukese edit
Suffix edit
-ei
- (added to possessive nouns) my
- (added to verbs as an indirect object) me
- added to nouns to form verbs
Related terms edit
Small objects, concepts | Large objects, living things | Suffix | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First person | ai | nei | -ei |
Second person | omw, om | noum | -om | |
Third person | an | noun | -an | |
Plural | First person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) |
nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) |
-em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
Second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi | |
Third person | ar | nour | -er |
See also edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German -īe, borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ei f (plural -eien)
- Forming names of sites or buildings where a characteristic activity is conducted.
- Forming names of regions or countries.
- Used to create abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality: -y
- Alternative form of -erei
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
-ei
- Romanization of -𐌴𐌹
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
-e (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural)
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ei
- possessive suffix for multiple possessions:
- (with no noun for possessor) his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) being optional for emphasis)
- terv (“plan”) → a tervei (“his/her/its plans”), az ő tervei (“his/her plans”)
- szék (“chair”) → a székei (“his/her/its chairs”), az ő székei (“his/her chairs”)
- (with no noun for possessor, formal) your ……-s (second-person singular, grammatically resembling the third person sg.)
- terv (“plan”) → a tervei (“your [formal] plans”), az ön tervei, a maga tervei (“your [formal] plans”)
- construed with a noun or certain pronouns as the possessor: ……’s ……-s, ……-s of …… (third-person sg. or pl., depending on the noun or pronoun)
- az ember(nek a) tervei ― the person’s plans
- a gyerek(nek a) székei ― the child’s chairs
- az emberek(nek a) tervei ― the people’s plans
- a gyerekek(nek a) székei ― the children’s chairs
- az önök tervei, a maguk tervei ― your (plural, formal) plans
- azok(nak a) tervei ― the plans of those
- ki(k)nek a székei? ― whose chairs?
- (with no noun for possessor) his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) being optional for emphasis)
Usage notes edit
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -i is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-; final -e changes to -é-. The latter feature distinguishes it from the -i (adjective-forming suffix), which does not lengthen the preceding -a/-e.
- -ai is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ei is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -jai is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
- -jei is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
- If the possessed noun is in the plural and the possessor is expressed in English with a possessive pronoun only (rather than a noun), e.g. “their toys” (as opposed to “the children’s toys”), the -ik/-aik/-eik/-jaik/-jeik suffixes are required in Hungarian.
See also edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin hĕbui / (h)ĕ(bu)i, which stems from classical Latin habuī, first-person singular perfect of habeō. See -erei.
Suffix edit
-ei (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the first-person singular past historic of regular -ere verbs
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-eī
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-ei (1st conj.)
- a suffix indicating the first-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- -ey (obsolete)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ei, from Vulgar Latin *-āī, syncope of Latin -āvī. Cognate with Galician -ei, Spanish -é, and Italian and French -ai.
Suffix edit
-ei
- a suffix indicating the first-person singular preterite indicative of -ar
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ei, from ei (“I have”).
Suffix edit
-ei
- a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -ar, appended to the infinitive
- a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -er, appended to the infinitive
- a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -ir, appended to the infinitive
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ede, from Latin -ite.
Suffix edit
-ei
- a suffix indicating the second-person plural imperative of -er
Related terms edit
- -ais (negative)
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- -lei — for feminine nouns ending a stressed vowel or diphthong
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *illaei, merger of Latin illī (dative feminine singular of ille) and -ae (“first-declension ending”).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ei f
Usage notes edit
This form of the definite article is used for feminine nouns in the genitive and dative cases which end in -ă or in an unstressed vowel:
The suffix is also used with feminine singular adjectives in the genitive and dative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies: