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Gothic
Romanization
-eis
- Romanization of -𐌴𐌹𐍃
Latin
Pronunciation
Suffix
-eīs
- dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of -eus
Middle English
Suffix
-eis
- Alternative form of -esse (“-ess”)
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus and in some cases Latin -ēnsis.
Suffix
-eis
- used to form nationalities
- used to form names of languages
- engleis, franceis, fraunceis
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -edes, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-.[1] Cognate with Galician -edes and Spanish -éis.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-eis
- a suffix indicating the second-person plural present indicative of -er
- comer (“to eat”) + -eis → comeis (“ eat”)
- esconder (“to hide”) + -eis → escondeis (“ hide”)
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