i

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER I
Codepoint	U+0069
h ← Basic Latin → j

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Etymology 1Edit

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

LetterEdit

i lower case (upper case I)

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

i lower case (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

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter I):  Íí  Ìì  Ĭĭ  Îî  Ǐǐ  Ïï  Ḯḯ  Ĩĩ  Įį  Īī  Ỉỉ  Ȉȉ  Ȋȋ  Ịị  Ḭḭ  Ɨɨɨ̆  ᵻ  ᶖ   İi   Iı  ɪ  Ｉｉ  fi  ffi  IJij  IJij
• (Letters using dot sign):  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ặặ  Ậậ  Ǡǡ  Ḃḃ  Ḅḅ  Ċċ  Ḋḋ  Ḍḍ  Ėė  Ẹẹ  Ḟḟ  Ġġ  Ḣḣ  Ḥḥ  Ii  İi  Iı  Ịị  Ḳḳ  Ḷḷ  Ṁṁ  Ṃṃ  Ṅṅ  Ṇṇ  Ȯȯ  Ọọ  Ợợ  Ṗṗ  Ṙṙ  Ṛṛ  Ṡṡ  Ṣṣ  ẛ  Ṫṫ  Ṭṭ  Ụụ  Ựự  Ṿṿ  Ẇẇ  Ẉẉ  Ẋẋ  Ẏẏ  Ỵỵ  Żż  Ẓẓ

Derived symbols

• j
• ɨ — IPA
• İ and ı — Turkish

Similar and related symbols

• Ι and ι — Greek
• І and і — Cyrillic I, used in Belarusian and Ukrainian
• Ӏ and ӏ — Cyrillic palochka, used in the Caucasian languages
• ا — Arabic (alif)
• 1 — Arabic numeral
• Ꭵ — Cherokee (IPA: ə̃) (SAMPA: @~)
• ᛁ — Runic
• ɪ — IPA

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA

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SymbolEdit

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Close front unrounded vowel

Wikipedia

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

• I, Ⅰ, ⅰ

Cardinal numberEdit

i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

1. cardinal number one.

See alsoEdit

• Next: ii (2)
• Roman numerals

See alsoEdit

Other representations of I:

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of I, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin i, minuscule of I

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /aɪ/, /ɪ/
• (letter name): enPR: ī, IPA^(key): /aɪ/,

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: aye, eye

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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.

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

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English ic.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/, /ɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: aye, eye

PronounEdit

i

1. nonstandard capitalization of I

Usage notesEdit

• Also used in instant messaging due to limitations of entering capitals on a mobile phone's keypad.

PronounEdit

i

1. I

   I suɔ mo.

   I love you.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [i]

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

ArticleEdit

i

1. masculine singular nominative adjectival article

See alsoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ĩː/

NounEdit

i

1. tooth

LetterEdit

i (lower case, upper case İ)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

ParticleEdit

i

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /iː/

NounEdit

i

1. tree

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /i/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

i f (plural is)

1. The Latin letter I (lowercase i).

Derived termsEdit

• i grega

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin et (“and”).

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

• i comercial

PronounEdit

i

1. they

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

• Audio

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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

• i když

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

• el
• la
• le

EtymologyEdit

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

PrepositionEdit

i

1. in, inside

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -i
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/

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

EtymologyEdit

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

PrepositionEdit

i

1. in

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio

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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

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

NounEdit

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

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/‎be, co/‎ce, ĉo/‎ĉa, do/‎de, e, fo/‎ef, go/‎ge, ĝo/‎ĝe, ho/‎ha, ĥo/‎ĥi, i, jo/‎je, ĵo/‎ĵi, ko/‎ka, lo/‎el, mo/‎om, no/‎en, o, po/‎pa, ro/‎ar, so/‎es, ŝo/‎eŝ, to/‎ta, u, ŭo/‎eŭ, vo/‎vi, zo/‎ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

ConjunctionEdit

i

1. and

Alternative formsEdit

• e, y

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, […]

NounEdit

i

1. eye
2. seventeen
3. twenty-one

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

• la, lis
• lui, jê, lu, le

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 eats/ate the mouse.

PrepositionEdit

i

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

See alsoEdit

• iā

Alternative formsEdit

• in (used before vowels in place of eclipsis; also used before bhur (‘your pl’), before dhá (‘two’), before titles of books, films, and the like, and before 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, Greek ἐν (en)).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

PrepositionEdit

i (triggers eclipsis of a following consonant)

1. in

InflectionEdit

Derived termsEdit

Combined with definite article:

• sa (before consonants in the singular; triggers lenition)
• san (before vowels in the singular; triggers lenition)
• sna (in the plural; triggers h-prothesis)

Combined with third person possessive:

• ina (“in his/her/their”) (triggers lenition, h-prothesis, or eclipsis respectively)

Combined with first person plural possessive:

• inár (“in our”)

Combined with the copula:

• inar, inarb (present/future)
• inar, inarbh (past/conditional)

Etymology 1Edit

Reduced form of gli.^[1]

ArticleEdit

i m pl (singular il)

1. the (see the usage notes)

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.

See alsoEdit

• gli, la, le

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

i f, m (invariable)

1. I or i, the letter I or i

Derived termsEdit

• i lunga

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ 2002, Giuseppe Patota, Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, page p. 126:

RomanizationEdit

i

1. rōmaji reading of い
2. rōmaji reading of イ

ArticleEdit

i m (plural)

1. the

See alsoEdit

• l
• la, l'
• les

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish é or e, from Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

i (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אי)

1. and
2. too

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iː/

Etymology 1Edit

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NounEdit

ī (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter I.

Coordinate termsEdit

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

ReferencesEdit

• 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

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VerbEdit

ī

1. go! walk!; second-person singular active imperative of eō

   I intro iam nunc. — Now then, go in.

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

I

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

• IPA^(key): [i]

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

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [i]

NounEdit

i m (invariable)

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

See alsoEdit

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

CmavoEdit

i

1. Alternative form of .i.: separates sentences
2. Separates clauses in a sentence, when combined with a conjunction of selma'o ja, joi, or bi'i or a preposition or tense marker followed by bo.

NounEdit

i

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• H. Myron Bromley, A Grammar of Lower Grand Valley Dani (1981)
• The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, ISBN 0521286212)

LetterEdit

i

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

PronounEdit

i

1. you (personal pronoun)

   as i busa — he/she struck you.

See alsoEdit

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)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

i

1. and

LetterEdit

I 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˥˥/

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin eō.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ji]

Alternative formsEdit

ji

VerbEdit

i

1. to go

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ego.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [iː]

Alternative formsEdit

ije

PronounEdit

i

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

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.

EtymologyEdit

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

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.

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /iː/ (example of pronunciation)

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

AdverbEdit

i

1. there
   • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Et grant compagnie i a d'omes

     And there is a large company of men

DescendantsEdit

• French: y

Alternative formsEdit

• hi

EtymologyEdit

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

PrepositionEdit

i (triggers eclipsis)

1. in (with dative)
   • circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 14^d26

     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

ParticleEdit

i

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

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /i/

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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio (BR)

  (file)

• Homophone: e (some accents)

LetterEdit

i (lowercase, uppercase I)

1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script. Preceded by h and followed by j.

NounEdit

i m (plural is)

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

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /i/

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.

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

PrepositionEdit

i

1. in

PronounEdit

i

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

Related termsEdit

• ise (emphatic)

See alsoEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

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 *h₁ey.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /i/

• audio

  (file)

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

NounEdit

i

1. water

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/, /j/

LetterEdit

i (upper case I)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey.

ConjunctionEdit

i

1. and
2. as well as

Derived termsEdit

• i keď

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.

Etymology 2Edit

Reduced form of Latin et; compare Italian e, Old French e, etc.

Alternative formsEdit

• (modern) y

ConjunctionEdit

i

1. (archaic) and

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish ī, from Old Norse í.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /iː/

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AdverbEdit

i (verb particle)

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

Derived termsEdit

• ligga i
• stå i
• ta i

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. (in various constructions) last, previous

   i måndags

   last Monday

   i julas

   last Christmas

Derived termsEdit

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.

See alsoEdit

• inuti
• I

ReferencesEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

PrepositionEdit

i

1. at
2. in

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, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):

     Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

PrepositionEdit

i

1. in

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)

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

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

NounEdit

i

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names)}

AdverbEdit

i

1. also
2. too

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *illī, from Classical Latin ille.

PronounEdit

i

1. he

Related termsEdit

• lu

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronounEdit

i

1. they

Related termsEdit

• zels

PronounEdit

i

1. I, me.

See alsoEdit

• fi
• mi

PrepositionEdit

i (stem idd-)

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

See alsoEdit

• bod
• mai
• y

Usage notesEdit

• i is used to mean 'that' with verbs originally in the preterite past tense. The subject moves to the front of the subordinate clause, directly following i, and the verb changes back to its verbnoun (infinitive) form.

Derived termsEdit

• i mewn