-igi

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See also: igi, -iĝi, iĝi, and īgi

Esperanto

Etymology

Perhaps from German -igen or Latin -igāre.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-igi

  1. (with nominal/adjectival roots) to cause to be
    ‎pura (“clean”) + ‎-igi → ‎purigi (“to make clean, to clean (tr)”)
  2. (with verbal roots) makes transitive verbs out of intransitive ones
    ‎manĝi (“to eat”) + ‎-igi → ‎manĝigi (“to feed”)
    ‎bruli (“to burn (intr)”) + ‎-igi → ‎bruligi (“to burn (tr)”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -igi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense -igas -igis -igos
active participle -iganta -igantaj -iginta -igintaj -igonta -igontaj
acc. -igantan -igantajn -igintan -igintajn -igontan -igontajn
passive participle -igata -igataj -igita -igitaj -igota -igotaj
acc. -igatan -igatajn -igitan -igitajn -igotan -igotajn
nominal active participle -iganto -igantoj -iginto -igintoj -igonto -igontoj
acc. -iganton -igantojn -iginton -igintojn -igonton -igontojn
nominal passive participle -igato -igatoj -igito -igitoj -igoto -igotoj
acc. -igaton -igatojn -igiton -igitojn -igoton -igotojn
adverbial active participle -igante -iginte -igonte
adverbial passive participle -igate -igite -igote
infinitive -igi imperative -igu conditional -igus

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -igi

Descendants

  • Ido: -igar

See also

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