-ei
ChuukeseEdit
SuffixEdit
-ei
- (added to possessive nouns) my
- (added to verbs as an indirect object) me
- added to nouns to form verbs
Related termsEdit
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 alsoEdit
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- -ey (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German -īe, borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-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 termsEdit
See alsoEdit
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
-ei
- Romanization of -𐌴𐌹
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
-e (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural)
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-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 notesEdit
- (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 alsoEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin hĕbui / (h)ĕ(bu)i, which stems from classical Latin habuī, first-person singular perfect of habeō. See -erei.
SuffixEdit
-ei (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the first-person singular past historic of regular -ere verbs
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-eī
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- -ey (obsolete)
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese -ei, from Latin -āvī.
SuffixEdit
-ei
- forms the 1st-person singular preterite indicative of 1st conjugation verbs; appended to the stem
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Portuguese -ei, from ei (“I have”).
SuffixEdit
-ei
- forms the 1st-person singular future indicative of verbs; appended to the infinitive
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Portuguese -ede, from Latin -ite.
SuffixEdit
-ei
- forms the 2nd-person plural affirmative imperative of 2nd conjugation verbs; appended to the stem
Related termsEdit
- -ais (negative)
RomanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- -lei (for feminine nouns ending a stressed vowel or diphthong)
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *illaei, merger of Latin illī (dative feminine singular of ille) and -ae (“first-declension ending”).
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ei f
Usage notesEdit
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: