i

See also: I and Appendix:Variations of "i"

i U+0069, i LATIN SMALL LETTER I ← h [U+0068] Basic Latin j → [U+006A]

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]

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Translingual

Etymology 1

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

Letter

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 also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  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)
• ᛁ — Runic
• ɪ — IPA

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

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.

Synonyms

• (mathematics: imaginary unit): j
• (computer programming, common variable name representing a generic index): j

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• I, Ⅰ, ⅰ

Numeral

i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

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

See also

• Next: ii (2)
• Roman numerals

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

  Normal and italic I, i

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of I:

NATO phonetic: India Morse code: ·· Braille: ⠊ ASL Manual: I

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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English

Etymology 1

From Latin i, minuscule of I

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: aye, eye

Letter

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 notes

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 also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Number

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.

Noun

i (plural ies)

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

Translations

name of the letter I, i

• Arabic: أَي‎ (ar) m (ʾay) (English), إِي‎ m (ʾī)
• Catalan: i (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: i (eo)
• Finnish: ii (fi)
• Galician: i (gl) m, i latino m
• German: I (de) n
• Greek: άι (el) (ái)
• Hawaiian: ʻī
• Hindi: आई (hi) (ā'ī)
• Ido: i (io)
• Irish: í, idad, iodhadh

• Japanese: アイ (ja) (ai)
• Korean: 아이 (ko) (ai)
• Latin: ī (la)
• Malay: ai
• Marathi: आय (āya)
• Persian: آی‎ (fa) (ây)
• Portuguese: i (pt) m
• Romanian: i (ro)
• Russian: ай (ru) n (aj) (English), и (ru) n (i)
• Spanish: i (es) f, i latina (es) f
• Thai: ไอ (th) (ai)
• Turkish: i (tr)
• Vietnamese: i (vi), i ngắn (vi)

See also

• (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

Etymology 2

From Old English ic.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

i

1. Nonstandard spelling of I.

Usage notes

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

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Acehnese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

i

1. water

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Adangme

Pronoun

i

1. I

   I suɔ mo. ― I love you.

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Preposition

i

1. (of)

   Fisi i malësorëve.

   The tribe of the highlanders.

Article

i

1. masculine singular nominative adjectival article

See also

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. yjet e mëdhenj të largët — the large, distant stars 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.

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Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩː/

Noun

i

1. tooth

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Anambé

Noun

i

1. water

Further reading

• 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)

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Araweté

Noun

i

1. water

References

• Eliete de Jesus Bararuá Solano, Descrição gramatical da Língua Araweté, page 80, 2009

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Aruá

Noun

i

1. water

References

• Čestmír Loukotka, Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes Sud Américains, JSAP 52: 7-60 (1963), page 44

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Letter

i lower case (upper case İ)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Bambara

Pronoun

i

1. you (personal pronoun)

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Bislama

Particle

i

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

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Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Noun

i

1. tree

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Bourguignon

Alternative forms

• je (rare)

Etymology

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.

Pronoun

i

1. I

   I panse qu'i seus maulaide. ― I think that I'm sick.

   I t'aime. ― I love you.

Related terms

    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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈi/
• Homophone: hi
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Noun

i f (plural is)

1. The Latin letter I (lowercase i).

Derived terms

• i grega

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

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 terms

• i comercial

Further reading

• “i” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Chuukese

Pronoun

i

1. him
2. her
3. it

Related terms

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

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Verb

i

1. (transitive) to drink

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Cornish

Pronoun

i

1. they

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

• Audio

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Conjunction

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.

Synonyms

• (Moravian dialect) aj, aji

Derived terms

• i když

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Dalmatian

Etymology

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

Article

i m (plural)

1. the; masculine plural definite article

Related terms

• el
• la
• le

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

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.

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Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Noun

i

1. fish

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

• Previous letter: h
• Next letter: j

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Elfdalian

Etymology

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

Preposition

i

1. in

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Emilian

Etymology

From Latin illī (“they”) (nominative plural of ille).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/
• Hyphenation: i

Pronoun

i (personal)

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

Alternative forms

• 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 terms

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

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio

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Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

Noun

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

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

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Extremaduran

Conjunction

i

1. and

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Fala

Alternative forms

• e, y

Etymology

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

Conjunction

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, […]

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• Homophone: y

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

Noun

i n (genitive singular is, plural i)

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

Declension

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 also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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Foi

Noun

i

1. eye
2. seventeen
3. twenty-one

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio

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Noun

i m (plural is)

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

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Friulian

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

Etymology

From Latin illi.

Article

i m pl (singular il)

1. the

Pronoun

i (third person masculine/ feminine indirect object)

1. to him
2. to her

See also

• la, lis
• lui, jê, lu, le

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Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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Gothic

Romanization

i

1. Romanization of 𐌹

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese ele.

Pronoun

i

1. he, she (third person singular).

Etymology 2

From Spanish y and Portuguese e .

Conjunction

i

1. and

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Particle

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

Preposition

i

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

See also

• iā

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Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Irish

Alternative forms

• 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)

Etymology

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)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Preposition

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

1. in

Inflection

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 terms

• 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
fara (“along with, beside”)	fairis an	fairis na	fara mo	fara do	farana	faranár	faranar		faranarb	faranarbh
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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
i	n-i	hi	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "i" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

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

Article

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

i m pl (singular il)

1. the

Usage notes

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 terms

• dei

Etymology 2

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

Noun

i f (invariable)

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

Derived terms

• i lunga

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

References

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Iu Mien

Numeral

i

1. two

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Japanese

Romanization

i

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

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Spanish y and Portuguese e.

Conjunction

i

1. and

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Ladin

Article

i m (plural)

1. the

See also

• l
• la, l'
• les

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish é or e, from Latin et.

Conjunction

i (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אי‎)

1. and
2. too

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Latgalian

Etymology

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

Conjunction

i

1. and, as well as, in addition to

Particle

i

1. too, also

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iː/

Etymology 1

Noun

ī (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter I.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

• 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 2

Verb

ī

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

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

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Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

(file)

Letter

I

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

i m (invariable)

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

See also

• 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)

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Ligurian

Ligurian Definite Articles
	singular	plural
masculine	o	i
feminine	a	e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Article

i m pl (singular o)

1. the

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Lower Grand Valley Dani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Noun

i

1. water

References

• 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

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Lule Sami

Verb

i

1. second-person singular present of ij

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Malay

Letter

i

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Mandinka

Pronoun

i

1. you (personal pronoun)

   as i busa — he/she struck you.

See also

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

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Particle

i

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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Preposition

i

1. Alternative form of in (“in”)

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

i

1. Alternative form of I

References

• “ich (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

i

1. Alternative form of he

References

• “he, pron. (3)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

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Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Pronoun

i m

1. Alternative form of gî.

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of i – see 伊 (“he, him; she, her; it”). (This character, i, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 伊.)

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Conjunction

i

1. and

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Mondé

Noun

i

1. water

References

• Čestmír Loukotka, Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes Sud Américains, JSAP 52: 7-60 (1963), page 44

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Navajo

Letter

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˥˥/

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Neapolitan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ji]

Verb

i

1. to go

Alternative forms

• ji, jì, ghì

Etymology 2

From Latin ego.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iː]

Pronoun

i

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

Alternative forms

• ije

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North Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Pronoun

i

1. (Sylt) (second person plural subject pronoun) you, you all

See also

• juu (object and possessive form)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

i

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

Preposition

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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

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 terms

• i dag
• i lag
• i år

References

• “i” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin hīc.

Adverb

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

Descendants

• French: y

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hi

Etymology

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

Preposition

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 terms

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

Descendants

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

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin hīc.

Adverb

i

1. there
   • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour — Anc no gardei sazo ni mes

     E las melhors domnas i son !

     And the best women are there!

Descendants

• Occitan: i

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Paicî

Noun

i

1. louse

References

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

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Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• y (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish y and Portuguese e and Kabuverdianu i.

Conjunction

i

1. and

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Pijin

Particle

i

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

• audio

  (file)

Conjunction

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.

2. even

   Wychodząc i kaloryfer nam naprawił. ― Leaving he even repaired our radiator.

   I ślepa wiewiórka czasem znajdzie orzech. ― Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

   Ja krowy to i w telewizji nigdy nie widziałem. ― I never saw a cow, even on TV.

3. also, too

   I mnie się podoba wasz wybór. ― I like your choice too

   Czy i my? ― We too?

4. so, so that

   Zmęczyłem się i nie byłem już w stanie grać w koszykówkę.. ― I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore

   Byłeś głupi i cierp teraz. ― You were a fool, so now suffer.

5. as well as

   Polsce potrzebne są i armia i flota. ― Poland needs an army as well as a navy.

6. Emphasizing particle

   I dobrze. ― Fine.

Further reading

• i in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio (BR)

  (file)

• Homophone: e (some accents)

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

i m (plural is)

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

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Particle

i

1. relational particle that marks the object of a verb

Usage notes

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

Preposition

i

1. at
2. in

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Romanian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

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 notes

See I for notes on pronunciation.

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic и (i).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Conjunction

i

1. (obsolete) and

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (and): și

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Particle

i

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

Preposition

i

1. (indicating destination) to

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Sathmar Swabian

Pronoun

i

1. I

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

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Savi

Noun

i

1. water

References

• 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

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Scots

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Preposition

i

1. in

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Pronoun

i

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

Related terms

• ise (emphatic)

See also

• mi
• thu
• e

• sinn
• sibh
• iad

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

• audio

  (file)

Conjunction

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

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Silimo

Noun

i

1. water

References

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 105

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Sirionó

Noun

i

1. water

References

• Phonemes of the Siriono Language
• A Flip-Flop in Siriono

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/, /j/

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi/

Conjunction

i

1. and
2. as well as

Derived terms

• i keď

Further reading

• i in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/, /j/
• (Letter name): IPA^(key): /i/

  • Audio (Spain)

    (file)

Etymology 1

Directly from Latin.

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Noun

i f (plural íes)

1. Name of the letter I.

Synonyms

• i latina

Etymology 2

See y.

Conjunction

i

1. Obsolete spelling of y

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Sranan Tongo

Pronoun

i

1. Alternative form of yu.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

i (verb particle)

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

Derived terms

• ligga i
• stå i
• ta i

Preposition

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 notes

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 terms

• I
• i akt
• iaktta
• i-balk
• ibland
• iblanda
• idag
• i dag
• i det (att)
• idriftsättning
• idrifttagande
• idrifttagning
• ifall
• ifatt
• i fatt
• i fjol
• ifjol
• i fjor
• ifjor
• i fred
• ifred
• i fråga
• ifråga
• ifrågakomma
• ifrågasätta
• ifrågasättande
• ifrågavarande
• ifrån
• ifylla
• ifyllnad
• ifyllning
• iföra
• igen
• igång
• i gång
• igångkörning
• igångsätta
• ihakning
• ihjäl
• ihop
• ihälld
• ihällning
• ihängande
• ihängsen
• ihärdig
• ihåg
• ihålig
• ihållande
• i höstas
• i julas
• i-järn
• ijåns
• i jåns
• i kapp
• ikapp
• iklä
• ikläda
• i kraft
• ikraft
• ikring
• ikull
• ikväll
• i kväll
• iland
• i land
• i-land
• ilasta
• ilastning
• i-ljud
• iläggning
• iläggsskiva
• imatning
• i midsomras
• imorgon
• i morgon
• imorron
• i morron
• i morse
• i måndags
• i natt
• inatt
• ini
• inuti
• i-omljud
• iordninggjord
• iordninglagd
• iordningställa
• i pingstas
• iplockad
• iplockning
• i påskas
• iråkad
• iröra
• iscensätta
• iscensättare
• iscensättning
• isittande
• iskarvning
• iskruvning
• iskuren
• islag
• islagen
• islagning
• i somras
• istadarätt
• istadig
• istickning
• istoppad
• istoppning
• istoppstäcke
• i stället
• istället
• iständsätta
• i-stål
• i stånd
• istånd
• isydd
• isyning
• isynnerhet
• i synnerhet
• i sänder
• isänder
• isär
• isättning
• isåning
• itu
• ituta
• ity
• itänd
• i vintras
• iväg
• i väg
• i våras
• iögonenfallande
• iögonfallande

 

See also

• inuti
• I

Etymology 2

from Proto-Germanic *ek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Pronoun

i

1. (pitemål) I

References

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

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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Preposition

i

1. at
2. in

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

Probably from English is

Particle

i

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

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Preposition

i

1. in

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Tupinambá

Pronoun

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

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Turkish

Letter

i (lower case, upper case İ)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Noun

i

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

See also

• (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

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Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/, /iː/

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from or .

Pronunciation

Noun

1. The name of the Latin-script letter [[I#|I]].

Synonyms

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Volapük

Adverb

1. also
2. too

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Walloon

Etymology 1

From , from Classical .

Pronoun

1. he

Related terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

1. they

Related terms

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Wano

Noun

1. water

References

• Willem Brurung, The Phonology of Wano, SIL Electronic Working Papers 2007-003 (2007), page 30

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From , from , from .

Pronoun

1. I, me

See also

Etymology 2

From , , related to , , .

Preposition

1. to, for

2. that

Usage notes

• 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.

Inflection

Personal forms

	Singular	Plural
First person	i , i , ,	i , ,
Second person	i , ,	i , ,
Third person	() ()	,

Derived terms

See also

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From unstressed forms of () and .

Article

Etymology 2

From , from .

Preposition

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.

   fullpâkke i fåḷk

   fully packed with people

Usage notes

In the first sense often combined with > , . This combination is commonly used for things concrete and close, while 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 is commonly place in front.

Etymology 3

From , , , , from .

Preposition

1. Out of, from.

   ä drösst bodt i nä nea markä

   it fell out to the ground

Usage notes

Often combined with , , , .

Alternative forms

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White Lachi

Pronunciation

• , , ,

Noun

1. water

References

• Weera Ostapirat, Proto-Kra, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 23(1) (2000) (as ʔi) (see ASJP)

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Yuqui

Noun

1. water

References

• 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

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Zulu

Letter

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

See also