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i

See also: I and Appendix:Variations of "i"
Letter i.svg
i U+0069, i
LATIN SMALL LETTER I
← h
[U+0068] 		Basic Latin j →
[U+006A]
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ⅰ U+2170, ⅰ
SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE
← Ⅿ
[U+216F] 		Number Forms ⅱ →
[U+2171]
ｉ U+FF49, ｉ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER I
← ｈ
[U+FF48] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｊ →
[U+FF4A]

Contents

TranslingualEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1Edit

  Lower case variation of upper case I, from Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, “Iota”).

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

i (upper case İ)

  1. The letter i with a tittle or dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

See alsoEdit

Derived symbols

Similar and related symbols

Etymology 2Edit

  • (mathematics, imaginary number): abbreviation of imaginary
  • (computer programming, generic index): abbreviation of index

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA
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SymbolEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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i

  1. (mathematics, often in italics or bold) The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, i is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
  2. (engineering, often in bold) The current flow in a circuit in amperes.
  3. (mathematics, programming) A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
  4. (IPA, romanization) close front unrounded vowel.
SynonymsEdit
  • (mathematics: imaginary unit): j
  • (computer programming, common variable name representing a generic index): j

Etymology 3Edit

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.

Alternative formsEdit

NumeralEdit

i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

  1. cardinal number one.
  2. (music) minor tonic triad

See alsoEdit

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles

  • Normal and italic I, i

  • Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of I:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin i, minuscule of I

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I, plural i's)

  1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit

The English letter i represents many different sounds, often the diphthong /aɪ/ (from Middle English /iː/), as in the pronoun I, or /ɪ/ as in bit.

See alsoEdit

NumberEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

i (plural ies)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.
    • the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i)
    • i-mutation, i-umlaut
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English ic.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. Nonstandard spelling of I.
Usage notesEdit
  • Also used in instant messaging due to limitations of entering capitals on a mobile phone's keypad.

AcehneseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

AdangmeEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. I
    I suɔ mo. ― I love you.

AlbanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. (of)
    Fisi i malësorëve.
    The tribe of the highlanders.

ArticleEdit

i

  1. masculine singular nominative adjectival article

See alsoEdit

forms of the adjectival articles
masculine
(gjinia mashkullore) 		feminine
(gjinia femërore) 		plural
(numri shumës)
indefinite
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite
(trajta të shquara) 		indefinite
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite
(trajta të shquara) 		indefinite
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite
(trajta të shquara)
nominative
(emërore) 		i i e e të e
accusative
(kallëzore) 		të e të e të e
genitive, dative and ablative
(gjinore, dhanore dhe rrjedhore) 		të të të së të të
Note that regardless of the definite state of the noun being described, the definite articles are only used when immediately following a definite-form noun. If two adjectives (or other words that use these articles) come back to back, the second word's article will be indefinite.

Notice that while both adjectives require the adjectival article and the same masculine plural agreement, only the first adjectival article takes its definite form, as the second is not in the immediate environment of the modified definite noun.

AmaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. tooth

AnambéEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

Further readingEdit

  • Paul Ehrenreich, Materialien zur Sprachenkunde Brasiliens IV: Vocabulare der Guajajara und Anambē (Para) (1895) (i)
  • Wolf Dietrich, Correspondências fonológicas e lexicais entre Karitiána (Arikém, Tupí) e Tupí-Guaraní (y)

ArawetéEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

AruáEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i lower case (upper case İ)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

BambaraEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. you (personal pronoun)

BislamaEdit

ParticleEdit

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

BorôroEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. tree

BourguignonEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French je, from Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Near cognates include Franc-Comtois i and standard French je.

PronounEdit

i

  1. I
    I panse qu'i seus maulaide. ― I think that I'm sick.
    I t'aime. ― I love you.

Related termsEdit

      Bourguignon personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Inversion Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Disjunctive
(tonic) 		Locative
(at) 		Genitive
(of)
Singular First — i (rarely je) -je me, m’ moi — —
Second — tu, t' -tu te, t’ toi — —
Third Masculine ai, before vowels el -ti se, s’ le, l’ lu lu y en
Feminine ale la, l’ lei
Neuter çai -ce çai çai, çan — —
— an -an — — soi — —
Plural First — i (rarely je) -je nos — —
Second — vos -vos vos — —
Third Masculine ai, before vowels el -ti se, s’ les lor lor y en
Feminine ales

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

i f (plural is)

  1. The Latin letter I (lowercase i).
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin et (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and; used to connect two similar words, phrases, sentences, etc.; as well as; together with; in addition to.
    Hi ha moltes colomes i teuladins — There are many pigeons and sparrows.
    Ella escriu els articles i ell els il·lustra amb els seus dibuixos — She writes the articles and he illustrates them with his drawings.
Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ChuukeseEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. him
  2. her
  3. it

Related termsEdit

Chuukese personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ngaang, nganga, ngang áám, am (exclusive)
kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person een, en áámi, ami
3rd person iiy, i iir, ir

Classical NahuatlEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

i

  1. (transitive) to drink

CornishEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. they

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and (also), and even
  2. even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)
    I slepá veverka někdy najde ořech. - Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

SynonymsEdit

  • (Moravian dialect) aj, aji

Derived termsEdit

DalmatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille. Compare Italian i, gli.

ArticleEdit

i m (plural)

  1. the; masculine plural definite article

Related termsEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Homophone: I
  • Rhymes: -iː

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in, inside
  2. Indicates exponentiation.
    Tre i femte. [note that the exponent is in the ordinal form]
    Three to the power of five.
  3. for (some duration)
    Jeg har boet her i tre år.
    I have lived here for three years.

DrehuEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. fish

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: h
  • Next letter: j

ElfdalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in. Cognate with Swedish i.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in

EmilianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin iī (“they”) (nominative plural of is).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i (personal)

  1. (nominative case, masculine) they
  2. (accusative case, masculine) them

Alternative formsEdit

  • Becomes j- before a vowel.
  • Becomes -i when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
  • Becomes -j when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).

Related termsEdit

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)
Number Person Gender Disjunctive
(tonic) 		Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Reflexive
(-self) 		Comitative
(with)
Singular First — mè a me mêg
Second — tè et te têg
Third Masculine ló al ge se sêg
Feminine lê la
Plural First Masculine nuēter a se nōsk
Feminine nuētri
Second Masculine vuēter a ve vōsk
Feminine vuētri
Third Masculine lôr i ge se sêg
Feminine el li

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /i/

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

i (accusative singular i-on, plural i-oj, accusative plural i-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

See alsoEdit

ExtremaduranEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and

FalaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese e, from Latin et (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and (expressing two elements to be taken together)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]
      The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

  1. The tenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

i n (genitive singular is, plural i)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of i
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative i iið i iini
accusative i iið i iini
dative i, ii inum ium iunum
genitive is isins ia ianna

See alsoEdit

FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

FoiEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i m (plural is)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

FriulianEdit

Friulian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine il
l' 		i
feminine  la
l' 		lis

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illi.

ArticleEdit

i m pl (singular il)

  1. the

PronounEdit

i (third person masculine/ feminine indirect object)

  1. to him
  2. to her

See alsoEdit

FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

See alsoEdit

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

i

  1. Romanization of 𐌹

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Portuguese ele.

PronounEdit

i

  1. he, she (third person singular).

Etymology 2Edit

From Spanish y and Portuguese e .

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and

HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

ParticleEdit

i

  1. used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object
    Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.
    The cat ate the mouse.
  2. used to indicate past tense (precedes verb)
    I hana au.
    I worked.
  3. used to indicate perfect participle (precedes verb)
    i haʻalele
    having left, who had left

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in, at
  2. (indicating destination) to

See alsoEdit

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA(key): /i/

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • in (used before vowels in place of eclipsis; also used before bhur (“your”, pl), dhá (“two”), titles of books, films, and the like, and foreign words that resist mutation)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish i, from Proto-Celtic *eni (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *en (compare English in, Latin in, Ancient Greek ἐν (en)).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

i (plus dative, triggers eclipsis, before the definite article ins)

  1. in

InflectionEdit

Inflection of i
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. ionam ionamsa
2d person sing. ionat ionatsa
3d sing. masc. ann annsan
3d sing. fem. inti intise
1st person pl. ionainn ionainne
2d person pl. ionaibh ionaibhse
3d person pl. iontu iontusan

Derived termsEdit

  • i gceann (“at the end of; attained to; engaged in, attending to; in addition to”)
  • i mborr le (“puffed up with”)
Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an (“the sg”) na (“the pl”) mo (“my”) do (“your”) a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) ár (“our”) ar (“which (past)”) (before consonant) (present/future before vowel) (past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”) den de na
desna*		 de mo
dem*		 de do
ded*, det*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
do (“to, for”) don do na
dosna*		 do mo
dom*		 do do
dod*, dot*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
faoi (“under, about”) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
i (“in”) sa, san sna i mo
im*		 i do
id*, it*		 ina inár inar inarb inarbh
le (“with”) leis an leis na le mo
lem*		 le do
led*, let*		 lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
ó (“from, since”) ón ó na
ósna*		 ó mo
óm*		 ó do
ód*, ót*		 óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
trí (“through”) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh
*Dialectal.

ReferencesEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Reduced form of gli, from earlier li, from Latin illī (nominative plural and dative singular of ille).[1]

ArticleEdit

Italian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine il
lo/l' 		i
gli
feminine  la/l' le

i m pl (singular il)

  1. the
Usage notesEdit

i is used before masculine plural words beginning with a single consonant other than x or z, or the plural noun dei; gli is used before masculine plural words beginning with a vowel, x, z, gn, or multiple consonants including pn, ps, and s+consonant, and before the plural noun dei.

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

NounEdit

i f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i
Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 126

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

i

  1. Rōmaji transcription of い
  2. Rōmaji transcription of イ

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish y and Portuguese e.

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and

LadinEdit

ArticleEdit

i m (plural)

  1. the

See alsoEdit

LadinoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish é or e, from Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

i (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אי‎)

  1. and
  2. too

LatgalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Shortened from an older Baltic form *ir, which is preserved in Lithuanian as ir (with the same meaning).

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and, as well as, in addition to

ParticleEdit

i

  1. too, also

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

  This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions. You can also discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.

NounEdit

ī (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter I.
Coordinate termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • i in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • i in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 2Edit

  This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions. You can also discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.

VerbEdit

ī

  1. go! walk!; second-person singular active imperative of eō
    I intro iam nunc. ― Now then, go in.

LatvianEdit

 
Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

EtymologyEdit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

PronunciationEdit

(file)

LetterEdit

 
I

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i m (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter I/i.

See alsoEdit

LigurianEdit

Ligurian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine o i
feminine  a e

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

i m pl (singular o)

  1. the

LithuanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called i trumpoji and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit


Lower Grand Valley DaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • H. Myron Bromley, A Grammar of Lower Grand Valley Dani (1981)
  • H. Myron Bromley, The Phonology of Lower Grand Valley Dani (2013)
  • The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Lule SamiEdit

MalayEdit

LetterEdit

i

  1. The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

MandinkaEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. you (personal pronoun)
    as i busa — he/she struck you.

See alsoEdit

Mandinka personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person nte, n, m ntolu, ntelu, n
2nd person ite, i altolu, altelu, al
3rd person ate, a itolu, itelu, y

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

ParticleEdit

i

  1. from
  2. past-tense verbal particle
  3. particle indicating the direct object of a transitive sentence
  4. past-tense particle indicating location

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. Alternative form of in (“in”)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English iċ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

PronounEdit

i

  1. Alternative form of I

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 3Edit

PronounEdit

i

  1. Alternative form of he

ReferencesEdit

Middle Low GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i m

  1. Alternative form of gî.

MirandeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and

MondéEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

NavajoEdit

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Navajo alphabet:
    i = /ɪ˨/
    į = /ɪ̃˨/
    í = /ɪ˥/
    į́ = /ɪ̃˥/
    ii = /iː˨˨/
    įį = /ĩː˨˨/
    íi = /iː˥˨/
    į́į = /ĩː˥˨/
    ií = /iː˨˥/
    įį́ = /ĩː˨˥/
    íí = /iː˥˥/
    į́į́ = /ĩː˥˥/

NeapolitanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin īre, present active infinitive of eō. Compare Italian gire, ire, Sicilian jiri, giri, ghiri, iri.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

i

  1. to go
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ego.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. I: the first-person singular nominative personal pronoun.
Alternative formsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /iː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /iː/, /i/, /ɪ/

LetterEdit

i

  1. The ninth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. (location) in, inside of
    Ligge i sengen
    Laying in bed
    Oppe i fjellene
    Up in the mountains
  2. (duration of time) for, in, during
    Møtet varte (i) to timer
    The meeting lasted (lit. went during) two hours
    Han var utenlands i mange år
    He lived abroad for many years
    I høst, i vår, i dag, i går
    In autumn, in spring, today, yesterday
  3. (condition, state) in
    Være i fred
    To be in peace
    Være i god stand
    To be in shape (physically fit)
    Leve i fattigdom
    To live in poverty
  4. (means, method) in
    Betale i gull
    To pay in gold.
    Gjøre noe i all hast
    To do something urgently (lit. in all haste)
    i hemmelighet
    in secret
  5. pertaining to, in reference to
    I deg har jeg en sann venn.
    In you I have a true friend.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en. Akin to English in.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in, inside of
    No er me i Noreg.
    We are currently in Norway.
  2. for, in, during
  3. in (condition, state)
  4. in (means, method)
  5. pertaining to, in reference to

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin hīc.

AdverbEdit

i

  1. there

DescendantsEdit

  • French: y

Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *en (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (compare English in, Latin in, Ancient Greek ἐν (en)).

PrepositionEdit

i (triggers eclipsis)

  1. in (with dative)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14d26
      Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.
      It is in the person of Christ that I do that.
  2. into (with accusative)

Derived termsEdit

Combinations with the definite article
  • isin (accusative/dative masculine/feminine singular)
  • issa (accusative neuter singular)
  • isind (dative singular)
  • isna (accusative plural)
  • isnaib (dative plural)
Combinations with possessive determiners
  • ím (1st person singular)
  • inna, na (3rd person)
Combinations with object pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1 indium, indiumm indiunn
2 indiut indib
3 masc./neut. dat. and indib
3 fem. dat. indi
3 masc./neut. acc. ind intiu
3 fem. acc. inte

DescendantsEdit

  • Irish: i
  • Scottish Gaelic: an
  • Manx: ayns

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin hīc.

AdverbEdit

i

  1. there

DescendantsEdit

  • Occitan: i

PaicîEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. louse

ReferencesEdit

  • Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, page 52, 1999

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish y and Portuguese e and Kabuverdianu i.

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and

PijinEdit

ParticleEdit

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and
    Adam i Ewa tylko zjedli jabłko. ― Adam and Eve only ate an apple.
    Patrzę na nią i oczom nie wierzę. ― I look at her and can't believe my eyes.

Further readingEdit

  • i in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • Audio (BR)
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  • Homophone: e (some accents)

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

i m (plural is)

  1. i (name of the letter I, i)

Rapa NuiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

ParticleEdit

i

  1. relational particle that marks the object of a verb

Usage notesEdit

Used in all cases except with verbs of sensing; in which case, use e.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. at
  2. in

RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (lowercase, capital I)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Generally representing the phoneme /i/. Preceded by h and followed by î.
Usage notesEdit

See I for notes on pronunciation.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Church Slavonic и (i).

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. (obsolete) and
Usage notesEdit

Mostly used in the context of iproci (and so on...)

SynonymsEdit

SamoanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

ParticleEdit

i

  1. used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. (indicating destination) to

Sathmar SwabianEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. I

ReferencesEdit

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

SaviEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Kendall D. Decker Languages of Chitral )1992), Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 5. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics xxii, page 185

ScotsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English i, variant of in (“in”).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in

Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. she
  2. her
  3. (referring to a feminine noun) it

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

  1. The 13th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by h and followed by j.

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

  1. and
    Ivica i Marica se vole ― Ivica and Marica love each other.
    i tako dalje ― and so on
  2. (i..i..) both..and..
    ne možeš istovremeno i tužiti i suditi. ― you can't simultaneously both sue and judge
  3. also, too
    i meni se sviđa vaš odabir ― I like your choice too
  4. even (usually preceded by čȁk)
    (čak) i ja sam pozvan na zabavu! ― even I have been invited to the party
  5. (ne sȁmo .. nȅgo/vȅć i...) also, too
    on je ne samo darovit, nego i jako marljiv ― he is not only talented, but also very industrious
  6. so, so that (= te, pa)
    umorio sam se i nisam mogao više igrati košarku ― I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore

SilimoEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

SirionóEdit

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and
  2. as well as

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • i in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Directly from Latin.

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

i f (plural íes)

  1. Name of the letter I.

SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See y.

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. Obsolete spelling of y

Sranan TongoEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. Alternative form of yu.

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish ī, from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

i (verb particle)

  1. used to signify that an action is done with intensity
Derived termsEdit

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in; located inside
  2. in; specifies a place, a region or a country
    Kim bor i Stockholm, som ligger i Sverige.
    Kim lives in Stockholm which lies in Sweden.
  3. (about time) to; before a full hour
    Klockan tjugo i elva gick slutligen jag hem.
    At twenty to eleven I finally went home.
  4. (about time) for; duration
    Jag sover i flera timmar.
    I sleep for several hours.
  5. (in various constructions) last, previous
    i måndags
    last Monday
    i julas
    last Christmas
Usage notesEdit

In definition 4, (last, previous) the following noun gets a suffix -s (weekdays: i måndags) or -as (seasons: i höstas, certain holidays, e.g. jul, midsommar, påsk, pingst). Other holidays instead use förra, senaste, sista, e.g. förra nyåret.

Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

from Proto-Germanic *ek.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. (pitemål) I

ReferencesEdit

  • i in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

TahitianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. at
  2. in

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably from English is

ParticleEdit

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun, or a noun
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin (in Tok Pisin), Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:2:
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TonganEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in

TupinambáEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. He, she, it, they (with descriptive verbs)
    i porang ― he/she/it is / they are beautiful
  2. Him, her, it, them (with transitive verbs)
    a-i-kuab ― i know him/her/it/them
  3. His, her, its, their (with nouns)
    i py ― his/her/its/their foot/feet
  4. Him, her, it, them (before postpositions)
    i xupé ― to him/her/it/them

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case İ)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter İ/i.

See alsoEdit

TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/, /iː/

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

  1. The tenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French i or Portuguese i.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

SynonymsEdit

VolapükEdit

AdverbEdit

i

  1. also
  2. too

WalloonEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *illī, from Classical Latin ille.

PronounEdit

i

  1. he
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Vulgar Latin illos, used in place of the missing third-person pronoun, from Latin illos, accusative plural of ille.

PronounEdit

i

  1. they
Related termsEdit

WanoEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥(m)é ~ me (“me”).

PronounEdit

i

  1. I, me
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Celtic *de, *to (“to”), related to Breton da (“to, for”), Cornish dhe (“to, for”), Irish do (“to, for”).

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. to, for
    Mae’r jem i Siân.
    The jewel’s for Siân.
  2. that
    Maen nhw’n dweud iddi hi yfed gormod o gwrw.
    They say that she drank too much beer.
Usage notesEdit
  • Used as a preterite tense form of ‘that’. The subject moves to the front of the subordinate clause, directly following i, and the verb changes back to its verbal noun form.
InflectionEdit
Personal forms
Singular Plural
First person i mi, i fi, im, imi i ni, in, inni
Second person i ti, it, iti i chi, iwch, ichwi
Third person iddo (ef) m
iddi (hi) f 		iddynt, iddyn nhw
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From unstressed forms of Old Norse ein(a) f and eitt n.

ArticleEdit

i

  1. feminine and neuter singular of n

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. In.
    i väntöm dagöm
    in days of waiting; waiting for something
    Han tönnrera uti’n
    He expressed his dissatisfaction over him (“in him”.)
    N O’ḷ-Pärsa däri Bränntjännlin
    Olof Persson (who lives) in Bränntjärnliden
    Da drivi däm i lann däri Burvikslanneṇ.
    Then they ran ashore in the Burvik tract.
    Däri n ânnar histori (...)
    In another story (...)
  2. With, of.
    full i vatn
    full of water
    fullpâkke i fåḷk
    fully packed with people
Usage notesEdit

In the first sense often combined with ut (“out”) > uti, utöy. This combination is commonly used for things concrete and close, while i by itself commonly is used for larger or more abstract concepts. To refer to a known geographical place, such as a town or village in the near region, the word der is commonly place in front.

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse yr, úr, ór, or, from Proto-Germanic *uz.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. Out of, from.
    ä drösst bodt i nä nea markä
    it fell out to the ground
Usage notesEdit

Often combined with båhtt, bódht, bodt, both.

Alternative formsEdit
  • äi (Kalix, stressed)
  • öy (Luleå, stressed)
  • ö (Luleå, stressed)
  • öv (Luleå, stressed)

White LachiEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Weera Ostapirat, Proto-Kra, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 23(1) (2000) (as ʔi) (see ASJP)
  1. ^ Tai-Kadai 100-wordlists, compiled by Ilya Peiros
  2. ^ Jerold A. Edmondson, kenneth J. Gregerson, Outlying Kam-Tai, in Mon-Khmer Studies 27
  3. ^ ABVD, citing Li Yunbing [李云兵], A Study of Lachi [拉基语硏究 / Laji yu yan jiu] (Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社 / Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she, 2000)
  4. ^ ABVD, citing Ryuichi Kosaka [小坂, 隆一], A descriptive study of the Lachi language: syntactic description, historical reconstruction and genetic relation (2000, PhD dissertation, Tokyo: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

YuquiEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Perry N. Priest, A contribution to comparative studies in the Guaraní linguistic family, Language Sciences 9(1): 17-20, page 18 (1987)
  • L. Villafañe, Gramática Yuki. Lengua Tupí-Guaraní de Bolivia (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ediciones del Rectorado, 2004), page 302

ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

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