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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin -īnus.
Suffix
-í (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ina, masculine plural -ins, feminine plural -ines)
- -ine (of or pertaining to)
- mar (“sea”) + -í → marí (“marine”)
- setembre (“September”) + -í → setembrí (“September ”)
- Bilbao (“Bilbao”) + -í → bilbaí (“Bilbaoan”)
Suffix
-í m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ins)
- forms diminutives
- gavot (“razorbill auk”) + -í → gavotí (“auklet”)
- corbata (“necktie”) + -í → corbatí (“bowtie”)
- flauta (“flute”) + -í → flautí (“piccolo”)
- forms names of plants and animals
- teulada (“roof”) + -í → teuladí (“sparrow”)
- garlanda (“garland”) + -í → garlandí (“Tricholoma caligatum (a large edible mushroom native to the Mediterranean)”)
- forms names of tools
- ploma (“pen”) + -í → plomí (“nib”)
- rampa (“ramp”) + -í → rampí (“rake”)
- esfumar (“to soften, to fade”) + -í → esfumí (“stump (artist's tool)”)
Etymology 2
Suffix
-í m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ins)
- (chemistry) -yne
Derived terms
Czech
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-jь.
Suffix
-í (adjective-forming suffix)
- forming attributive adjectives from nouns, especially animals
- labuť + -í → labutí
- liška + -í → liščí
- kníže + -í → knížecí
- orel + -í → orlí
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Czech -ie, from Proto-Slavic *-ьje.
Suffix
-í (noun-forming suffix)
- forming nouns referring to collections
- dřevo + -í → dříví
- kámen + -í → kamení
- ostrov + -í → souostroví
Derived terms
Further reading
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Suffix
-í
- forms adjectives
Derived terms
Suffix
-í
- slender form of -aí (“plural suffix”)
Suffix
-í m
- slender form of -aí (“agent suffix”)
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese -ir, the third-conjugation verb-forming suffix.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-í
- verb-forming suffix
- Malay cubit (“to pinch”) + -í → chubí (“to pinch”)
Usage notes
- Largely not productive outside of verbs formed from non-Portuguese stems.
- Much rarer than -â, and only used when the final vowel of the original loanword is -i.
Derived terms
Related terms
- (other verb-forming suffixes from Portuguese): -â, -ê
- (other word-final verb-forming suffixes): -ú
Navajo
Suffix
-í
- (nominalizer) the one that, the one who
Usage notes
Similar to the -er suffix in English, the -í suffix attached to a verb means "the one who does ".
Thus naaʼnaʼ (“he/she/it crawls about”) + -í ("-er") produces naaʼnaʼí ("the one that crawls, crawler"). Prefixing this with chidí (“car”) produces chidí naaʼnaʼí (“caterpillar tractor”).
See also
Phalura
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-í
- Converb suffix
Alternative forms
- -aá (With a-ending verb stems)
- -eé (With o-ending verb stems)
References
- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-í
- Plural suffix (with i-declension nouns)
References
- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-í
- Oblique case suffix (with i-declension nouns)
References
- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: -í
Etymology 1
From the Arabic suffix ـِيّ (-iyy).
Suffix
-í m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -ís or -íes)
-í m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ís or -íes)
- forms certain demonyms, especially from Arabic and Indo-Iranian countries and regions
- Irán + -í → iraní
- Irak + -í → iraquí
- Azer(baiyán) + -í → azerí
- Marruecos + -í → marroquí
- Panyab + -í → panyabí
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *-īī < Latin -īvī, first-person singular present perfect active indicative ending of the fourth conjugation, later generalized to almost all non-first conjugation verbs.
Suffix
-í (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- first person preterite ending of regular -er and -ir verbs
- comer (“to eat”) + -í → comí (“I ate”)
- escribir (“to write”) + -í → escribí (“I wrote”)
Derived terms