-i-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Interfix edit
-i-
- (in coining neologisms) A vowel inserted interconsonantally between morphemes of Latinate origin in order to ease pronunciation (an anaptyxis, a linking vowel).
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
See also edit
- -o- (the Greek parallel)
References edit
- The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition] lists -i- as an entry.
Etymology 2 edit
The initial vowel of primate.
Interfix edit
-i-
- (pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a non-human primate source
Related terms edit
- -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies. (See that entry for full paradigm.)
See also edit
References edit
- USP Dictionary of USAN and International Drug Names, U.S. Pharmacopeia, 2000
Czech edit
Interfix edit
-i-
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *-i-, from Proto-Uralic *-j (oblique plural marker).
Interfix edit
-i-
- Plural marker in nominal forms, except in nominative case, in which it is -t.
- talossa - taloissa ― in the house - in the houses
Usage notes edit
- if the plural indicator is between two vowels it becomes -j-
- talon - talojen ― of the house - of the houses
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Finnic *-i-, from Proto-Uralic *-j (past tense marker).
Interfix edit
-i-
- Past tense marker in verbs.
- katson - katsoin ― I watch - I watched
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the reduction of several historical unstressed short stem vowels during the Old Latin period. The reduced vowel was later reinterpreted as part of various suffixes.
Interfix edit
-i-
- Connecting vowel inserted between a stem and a suffix in compound words.
Derived terms edit
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Palatalization of a word-final consonant or consonant cluster is indicated by the insertion of an orthographic ⟨i⟩ before the letter(s) representing the consonant(s).
Simulfix edit
-i-
- Creates i-stem adjectives from prefixed bases.
- Marks various inflections, including:
- the genitive singular of masculine and neuter o-stem nouns and o/ā- and u-stem adjectives
- the vocative singular and nominative plural of masculine o-stem nouns and o/ā-stem adjectives
- the accusative and dative singular of feminine ā-stem nouns and o/ā- and u-stem adjectives
- the nominative, vocative and accusative dual of feminine ā-stem nouns
- the accusative and dative singular; nominative, vocative and accusative dual; and nominative plural of masculine and feminine consonant-stem nouns
- the dative singular of neuter consonant-stem nouns
- the third-person singular absolute and conjunct of suffixless preterite active verb forms
- the third-person singular absolute of present s-subjunctive active verb forms
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 345, page 219
Old Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Interfix edit
-i-
- used in forming certain compounds
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Polish: -i-
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Interfix edit
-i-
- used in forming certain compounds
- łamać + strajk → łamistrajk
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- -i- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Interfix edit
-i-
- forms compounds
Derived terms edit
Swahili edit
Infix edit
-i-
- it, them; mi class(IV)/n class(IX) object concord
See also edit
Swahili verbal concords (third person)
Class | Subject concord | Object concord | Relative | |
---|---|---|---|---|
affirmative | negative | |||
m(I) | a-, yu- | ha-, hayu- | -m-, -mw-, -mu- | -ye |
wa(II) | wa- | hawa- | -wa- | -o |
m(III) | u- | hau- | -u- | -o |
mi(IV) | i- | hai- | -i- | -yo |
ji(V) | li- | hali- | -li- | -lo |
ma(VI) | ya- | haya- | -ya- | -yo |
ki(VII) | ki- | haki- | -ki- | -cho |
vi(VIII) | vi- | havi- | -vi- | -vyo |
n(IX) | i- | hai- | -i- | -yo |
n(X) | zi- | hazi- | -zi- | -zo |
u(XI) | u- | hau- | -u- | -o |
ku(XV/XVII) | ku- | haku- | -ku- | -ko |
pa(XVI) | pa- | hapa- | -pa- | -po |
mu(XVIII) | m-, mw-, mu- | ham-, hamw-, hamu- | -mu- | -mo |
For a full table including first and second person, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns. |
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