ei
CatalanEdit
InterjectionEdit
ei
- hey (exclamation to get attention)
Further readingEdit
- “ei” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ei”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
Classical NahuatlEdit
NumeralEdit
ei
- Obsolete spelling of ēyi
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)
- egg
- Een of ander insect heeft hier eitjes gelegd.
- A certain insect has laid eggs here.
- Wie heeft deze eieren gekookt? ― Who boiled these eggs?
Derived termsEdit
- dat is het hele eiereneten
- eendenei
- eicel
- eidooier
- eierbal
- eierdop
- eieren voor zijn geld kiezen
- eierkoek
- eierkool
- eierlanding
- eiermuts
- eiersalade
- eierstok
- eigeel
- eisprong
- ei van Columbus
- eivorm
- eivormig
- eiwit
- kievitsei
- kippenei
- koek en ei
- op eieren lopen
- paasei
- struisvogelei
- van die boer geen eieren
- voor een appel en een ei
DescendantsEdit
AnagramsEdit
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Proto-Finno-Ugric negative verb stem *e- ~ *ä- ~ *a-. Cognates include Finnish ei and Northern Sami ii.
AdverbEdit
ei
- no (a negating expression)
AntonymsEdit
VerbEdit
ei
- (auxiliary verb) don't, doesn't, not: used in negative forms of non-imperative verbs. Ma ei tea. I don't know. (Compare: Ma tean. I know.)
Usage notesEdit
The verb follows the word ei.
In the present tense indicative, the form of the verb coincides with the imperative of the second person singular. In past tenses indicative, the form of the verb is personal past participle. In the conditional mood, the form of the verb coincides with third person singular conditional in the present tense or the past tense. In the indirect mood, the form of the verb is the indirect form.
Derived termsEdit
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ei
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *e-, from Proto-Uralic *e- ~ *ä- ~ *a- (negative verb stem). Cognates include Estonian ei, Karelian ei, Livonian ä’b, Veps ei, Northern Sami ii, Skolt Sami ij, Erzya а-, ай- (a-, aj-), Eastern Mari ы- (y-), Udmurt уг (ug), Komi-Zyrian оз (oz), Mansi [script needed] (ä-), Forest Enets [Term?] (i-) and Selkup [script needed] (i-), [script needed] (e-).
Noteworthy forms include eivät (pro earlier evät, reformed after ei). For more forms, see the Proto-Finnic and Proto-Uralic pages. Not related to Swedish ej, Icelandic ei, Old Norse eigi, despite the similarity; the Finnic and Norse terms are false cognates.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
ei
- no (a negating expression)
AntonymsEdit
VerbEdit
ei
- The third-person singular form of the negative verb (negation verb), used also with impersonal verb forms (see the usage in passive below). The English translations include don’t, doesn’t, not (with auxiliary verbs and be), and no.
Usage notesEdit
- The negation verb is used with the connegative form of the main verb. That form is identical to the second-person singular imperative in the indicative present. The potential mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -ne-, and the conditional mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -isi-. In the indicative past, conditional past and potential past, the active past participle singular (ending -ut/-yt) is used. The connegative form of the main verb is always used without the personal suffix.
- Usage of ei in active:
- Indicative:
- Conditional:
- Hän näkisi. (She/He would see.) → Hän ei näkisi. (She/He would not see.)
- Hän olisi nähnyt. (She/He would have seen.) → Hän ei olisi nähnyt. (She/He would not have seen.)
- Potential:
- Hän nähnee. (She/He probably sees.) → Hän ei nähne. (She/He probably does not see.)
- Hän lienee nähnyt. (She/He has probably seen.) → Hän ei liene nähnyt. (She/He has probably not seen.)
- The passive is construed with ei and by dropping the two last letters (indicative -an / -än, conditional -in, potential -en) from the impersonal verb form. In the past of all the three moods, ei is used with the passive past participle singular (ending -tu / -ty):
- Usage of ei in passive (i.e., in sentences where the impersonal verb form is used):
- Indicative:
- Hänet/Minut/Meidät nähdään. (S/he is / I am / We are seen.) → Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei nähdä. (S/he is / I am / We are not seen.)
- Hänet/Minut/Meidät nähtiin. (S/he was / I was / We were seen.) → Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei nähty. (S/he was / I was / We were not seen.)
- Hänet/Minut/Meidät on nähty. (S/he has / I have / We have been seen.) → Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei ole nähty. (S/He has / I have / We have not been seen.)
- Hänet/Minut/Meidät oli nähty. (S/he / I / We had been seen.) → Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei ollut nähty. (S/he / I / We had not been seen.)
- Conditional:
- Hänet/Minut/Meidät nähtäisiin. (S/he / I / We would be seen.) → Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei nähtäisi. (S/he / I / We would not be seen.)
- Hänet/Minut/Meidät olisi nähty. (S/he / I / We would have been seen.) → Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei olisi nähty. (S/he / I / We would not have been seen.)
- Potential:
- Hänet/Minut/Meidät nähtäneen. (S/he is / I am / We are probably seen.) → Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei nähtäne. (S/he is / I am / We are probably not seen.)
- Hänet/Minut/Meidät lienee nähty. (S/he has / I have / We have probably been seen.) → Häntä/Minua/Meitä ei liene nähty. (S/he has / I have / We have probably not been seen.)
- Note that the accusative objects (e.g. minut, sinut, hänet, meidät, teidät, heidät), the genitive-looking accusative objects singular (talon, kissan, koiran) and the nominative-looking accusative objects plural (talot, kissat, koirat) are never used in a sentence together with the negative verb – in these cases, the partitive is used:
- Hän näkee koiran (accusative). (S/he sees a dog.) → Hän ei näe koiraa (partitive). (S/he does not see a dog.)
- Hän näkee naiset (accusative). (S/he sees the women.) → Hän ei näe naisia (partitive). (S/he does not see women/the women)
ConjugationEdit
- The negation verb has no infinitive form.
- Indicative, conditional and potential moods use the indicative forms (stem e-), for which the verb is conjugated only in person.
- In the imperative mood the negation verb has the stem äl-.
- An archaic optative mood exists and is used mainly in poetry.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
GalicianEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
ei
ReferencesEdit
- “ei” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ei” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ei” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
ei
- Romanization of 𐌴𐌹
IcelandicEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse ei. A clipping of eigi, from Proto-Germanic *ni aiw-gin (“never”), from *ne, *ni (“not”) + *aiw (“always, for ever”) + *-gin. Not related to Finnish ei (“no”).
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ei
- (archaic, poetic) not
- Örvæntið ei!
- Despair not!
- Ég veit ei hvað skal segja.
- I know not what to say.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See e.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ei
ReferencesEdit
- “ei” and “eigi” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
IngrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *e-, from the Proto-Uralic *e-. Cognates include Finnish ei and Estonian ei.
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
ei
AntonymsEdit
VerbEdit
ei
- not
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 63:
- Linnuil ono nälkä, evät rooka saa.
- The cities are hungry, they don't get food.
ConjugationEdit
Inflection of ei | |||
---|---|---|---|
indicative | imperative | ||
1st singular | en | - | |
2nd singular | et | elä | |
3rd singular | ei | elköö | |
1st plural | emmä | - | |
2nd plural | että | elkää | |
3rd plural | evät | elkööt | |
impersonal | ei | elköö | |
*) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-kä?) or -kse to the indicative. |
ReferencesEdit
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 128
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 29
- Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[2], →ISBN, page 15
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Syncopated form of elli (“he”), from Vulgar Latin *illi, from Latin ille (“that”).
PronounEdit
ei m
Etymology 2Edit
Syncopated form of elli (“they”), from Latin illī (“those”).
PronounEdit
ei m pl
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
ei
KarelianEdit
VerbEdit
ei
- (does) not
KottEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔej- ("pine"). Compare Arin aja (“pine”).
NounEdit
ei (plural en)
- pine tree
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔej ("tongue"). Compare Pumpokol aj (“tongue”).
NounEdit
ei (plural ējaŋ)
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
ei
- Alternative form of hei (“expression of grief or fear”)
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
eī
LatvianEdit
InterjectionEdit
ei
- used to stimulate somebody's attention
- used to express pleasure, surprise or admiration
LimburgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
NounEdit
ei n
LivviEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *ei. Cognates include Finnish ei and Estonian ei.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ei
ConjugationEdit
Inflection of ei | |||
---|---|---|---|
indicative | imperative | ||
1st singular | en | - | |
2nd singular | et | älä | |
3rd singular | ei | älgäh | |
1st plural | emmo | älgiämmö | |
2nd plural | etto | älgiä | |
3rd plural | ei | äldähes |
ReferencesEdit
- N. Gilojeva; S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 20
- Tatjana Boiko (2019), “ei”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 38
MalasangaEdit
NounEdit
ei
Further readingEdit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
ei
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
MaquiritariEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ei
- (intransitive) to be
Usage notesEdit
Many forms of this verb are irregular. Some are based on a root ei ~ e', some on a ~ aa, some on a'ja, and some on ööne ~ wene:
- ei ~ e' is used with most tense/aspect/mood markers and all adverbial and nominal derivatives of the verb.
- a ~ aa is used for the nonpast form, question forms, and two third-person forms na'ñojo and naichü.
- a'ja is used for past imperfectives.
- ööne ~ wene is used for the permanent aspect; this is the only verb in the language that has such an aspect.
The verb also takes an irregular suffix -ya in place of the ordinary recent/distant past perfective suffix -i. Similarly, the plural form of the same suffix is -yato rather than -icho.
This verb can be used as an auxiliary to form various constructions, making it possible to express tense/aspect/mood for constructions made with non-finite verb forms by putting the relevant markers on the copula instead.
ReferencesEdit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ei”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 215–216, 238–239
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
NounEdit
ei n
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ei”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ei”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English ǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Cognate to Middle Dutch ei.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- An egg, especially of a chicken or other fowl.
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- English: ey
ReferencesEdit
- “ei, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-23.
Murui HuitotoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Huitoto-Ocaina *ḗʔī-.
PronunciationEdit
RootEdit
ei
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
ei
NounEdit
ei
- Synonym of eiño (“mother”)
Coordinate termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 75
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 125
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
ei
PronounEdit
ei
AdverbEdit
ei
SynonymsEdit
- (not): ikke
VerbEdit
ei
- imperative of eie
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
ArticleEdit
ei f (masculine ein, neuter eit)
- a, an (indefinite article)
- Ei ny bok.
- A new book.
PronounEdit
ei
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Norwegian eigh, from Old Norse eigi.
AdverbEdit
ei
ReferencesEdit
- “ei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “ei”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Akin to Old English ǣġ, Old Norse egg.
Further Indo-European cognates include Latin ōvum and Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión)
NounEdit
ei n
DescendantsEdit
- Middle High German: ei
Old PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Uncertain.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ei
- here is, here are
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 147 (facsimile):
- eimeaca eimaca
- «ei-me aca; ei-m'aca!»
- "Here I am, here I am!"
DescendantsEdit
Old SaxonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
NounEdit
ei n
DescendantsEdit
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese eis.
PronounEdit
ei
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdverbEdit
ei (not comparable)
Etymology 2Edit
InterjectionEdit
ei
- hey (exclamation to get attention)
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille.
PronounEdit
ei m pl (third-person plural, feminine equivalent ele)
- (nominative form) they (used for an all-male or mixed-sex group)
DeclensionEdit
Nominative | |||
---|---|---|---|
ei | |||
Accusative | |||
stressed | unstressed | ||
ei | îi | ||
Genitive | |||
one form for all numbers and genders | |||
lor | |||
Dative | |||
stressed | unstressed | ||
lor | le | ||
Reflexive | |||
Accusative | Dative | ||
stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed |
sine | se | sieși | își |
SynonymsEdit
- dumnealor (polite form)
PronounEdit
ei m (stressed accusative form of ei)
- (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") them (all-male or mixed-sex group)
Related termsEdit
- el (third-person masculine singular)
- ea (third-person feminine singular)
- ele (third-person feminine plural)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Vulgar Latin *illaei, from Latin illa, from ille.
PronounEdit
ei f (genitive form of ea, masculine equivalent lui, plural lor)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | ei | ei | ei | ei | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | ei | ei | ei | ei | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
SynonymsEdit
PronounEdit
ei f (stressed dative form of ea, masculine equivalent lui, plural lor)
- to her
SynonymsEdit
- îi (unstressed form)
SabuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
NounEdit
ei
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
ReferencesEdit
- ABVD
- Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
ScotsEdit
NounEdit
ei (plural een)
- (South Scots) an eye.
PronounEdit
ei
- (South Scots, personal) he (alternative form of hei)
Tedim ChinEdit
PronounEdit
ei
ReferencesEdit
- Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
ei
- not; expresses negation.
InflectionEdit
Inflection of ei | |||
---|---|---|---|
indicative | imperative | ||
1st singular | en | — | |
2nd singular | ed | ala | |
3rd singular | ei | algha | |
1st plural | em | algam | |
2nd plural | et | algat | |
3rd plural | ei | algha |
ReferencesEdit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “не, ни”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
WelshEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Celtic *esyo m and *esyās f; compare Old Irish a (“his, her, its, their”) and Sanskrit अस्य (asyá, “his, its”) and अस्यास् (asyā́s, “her”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
ei (triggers soft mutation of following word)
- his, its
- Dw i’n gweld ei dŷ e.
- I see his house.
- him, it (as object of a verbal noun)
- 18th century, Wil Hopcyn, “Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn”:
- Myfi’n bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn,
Ac arall yn ei fedi.- Me watching the white wheat,
And another reaping it.
- Me watching the white wheat,
- 18th century, Wil Hopcyn, “Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn”:
Usage notesEdit
e or o often follows the noun when it ends in a consonant and either fe or fo follows when it ends in a vowel.
DeterminerEdit
ei (triggers aspirate mutation or h-prosthesis of following word)
Usage notesEdit
hi often follows the noun.
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ei
- second-person singular future of mynd (also present tense in the literary language)
ZouEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ei
- we (exclusive)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40