-ci
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ci"
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ici.
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
-ci
- this: always used with ce or pronouns such as celui, celle
- Antonym: -là
- Cet homme-ci n'est pas mon mari
- This man is not my husband.
- Cette maison-ci va brûler
- This house is going to burn.
Derived termsEdit
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
-c (diminutive suffix) + -i (diminutive suffix)[1]
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ci
- (diminutive suffix) Used mostly in given names, but also in other words.
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ -ci in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
ItalianEdit
PronounEdit
-ci
- enclitic form of ci; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive, accusative and dative forms when the object is first plural person
Usage notesEdit
The final -e of the original infinitive is removed :
Where the verb ends in -rre, the final re is removed, leaving behind just an -r:
- introdurre (“to introduce”) → introdurci (“to introduce ourselves; to introduce us; to insert in us”)
In any case, after the suffixation, there is only a single r and no vowels immediately before -ci.
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Declined forms of -cus (adjectival suffix).
SuffixEdit
-cī
Etymology 2Edit
A declined form of -cum (nominal suffix).
SuffixEdit
-cī n
NupeEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ci
- (added to nouns) Used to form an agent noun
- (added to a proper noun) Suffix denoting a resident or inhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form a demonym
Derived termsEdit
(agent suffix):
(demonymic suffix):
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ci
Further readingEdit
- Alhaji, Gabra Ibrahim A Morphological Analysis of Nouns and Adjectives In The Nupe Language, 2012
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic *-či.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ci
- Suffix appended to words to create a noun, denoting a profession, occupation or inclination.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 453