eri

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Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

eri (comparative eriago, superlative erien, excessive eriegi)

  1. sick, ill
    Ainhoak bere neskalagun eria zaintzen du.
    Ainhoa is taking care of her sick girlfriend.
Declension

Noun

eri inan or anim

  1. (inanimate) sickness, illness, disease
    Synonym: gaixotasun
  2. (animate) sick person
    Eriak sendatu zituen.
    She healed the sick.
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

eri inan

  1. (Northern) finger
  2. (Northern) toe
Declension

Further reading

  • eri”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • eri”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô. Cognate with Swedish hare.

Noun

eri m

  1. hare

Inflection

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eri, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *er-. Cognate with Finnish eri and Votic eri. Related to eraldi, era, ära (away), iseäranis, iseäralik.

Adjective

eri (indeclinable)

  1. separate, distinct

Derived terms

Noun

eri (genitive eri, partitive eri)

  1. (informal) special issue, special broadcast, special episode
  2. (informal) special dish in a restaurant

Declension

Declension of eri (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative eri erid
accusative nom.
gen. eri
genitive eride
partitive eri erisid
illative erri
erisse
eridesse
inessive eris erides
elative erist eridest
allative erile eridele
adessive eril eridel
ablative erilt eridelt
translative eriks erideks
terminative erini erideni
essive erina eridena
abessive erita erideta
comitative eriga eridega

Faroese

Verb

eri

  1. I am, first-person singular present of vera (to be)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eri, derived from *erä (see erä for more). Cognate with Estonian eri.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eri (not comparable, indeclinable)

  1. different, other, another
    olla eri mieltä (jonkun kanssa)to disagree (with somebody)
    eri tavallain a different manner, in a different way
    eri tavoinin different/many manners, in different/many ways
    Se on eri sana.
    That's a different / another word.
  2. different, separate

Inflection

The cases of eri are used only as adverbs.

In colloquial language, eri may sometimes be inflected as a regular adjective. This is considered nonstandard.

Inflection of eri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative eri erit
genitive erin erien
partitive eriä erejä
illative eriin ereihin
singular plural
nominative eri erit
accusative nom. eri erit
gen. erin
genitive erin erien
partitive eriä erejä
inessive erissä ereissä
elative eristä ereistä
illative eriin ereihin
adessive erillä ereillä
ablative eriltä ereiltä
allative erille ereille
essive erinä ereinä
translative eriksi ereiksi
abessive erittä ereittä
instructive erein
comitative ereine
Possessive forms of eri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative erini erini
accusative nom. erini erini
gen. erini
genitive erini erieni
partitive eriäni erejäni
inessive erissäni ereissäni
elative eristäni ereistäni
illative eriini ereihini
adessive erilläni ereilläni
ablative eriltäni ereiltäni
allative erilleni ereilleni
essive erinäni ereinäni
translative erikseni ereikseni
abessive erittäni ereittäni
instructive
comitative ereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative erisi erisi
accusative nom. erisi erisi
gen. erisi
genitive erisi eriesi
partitive eriäsi erejäsi
inessive erissäsi ereissäsi
elative eristäsi ereistäsi
illative eriisi ereihisi
adessive erilläsi ereilläsi
ablative eriltäsi ereiltäsi
allative erillesi ereillesi
essive erinäsi ereinäsi
translative eriksesi ereiksesi
abessive erittäsi ereittäsi
instructive
comitative ereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative erimme erimme
accusative nom. erimme erimme
gen. erimme
genitive erimme eriemme
partitive eriämme erejämme
inessive erissämme ereissämme
elative eristämme ereistämme
illative eriimme ereihimme
adessive erillämme ereillämme
ablative eriltämme ereiltämme
allative erillemme ereillemme
essive erinämme ereinämme
translative eriksemme ereiksemme
abessive erittämme ereittämme
instructive
comitative ereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative erinne erinne
accusative nom. erinne erinne
gen. erinne
genitive erinne erienne
partitive eriänne erejänne
inessive erissänne ereissänne
elative eristänne ereistänne
illative eriinne ereihinne
adessive erillänne ereillänne
ablative eriltänne ereiltänne
allative erillenne ereillenne
essive erinänne ereinänne
translative eriksenne ereiksenne
abessive erittänne ereittänne
instructive
comitative ereinenne

Synonyms

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
compounds

Adverb

eri (not comparable) (dated)

  1. really, truly
    Olet eri hyvä kaveri.
    You're a really good friend.

Further reading

Ido

Noun

eri

  1. plural of ero

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eri. Cognates include Finnish eri and Estonian eri.

Pronunciation

Determiner

eri (invariable)

  1. different, separate
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Oppihues geografiaa, töö saatta tiitä, millain ono loonto ja kuin eri paikois maan pääl elläät ihmiset.
      In learning geography, you will be able to know, what environment is and how people live in different places on earth.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62:
      Mut yksiköös näil sanoil ollaa jo eri pohjat.
      But in the singular these words already have different bases.
  2. various, miscellaneous
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Iƶorat elläät Leningradan oblastin eri paikois, eri raijonois ja sentää iƶoran keeli senen mukkaa jakahuu eri dialektoihe, eri alakeelii.
      Ingrians live in varous places of the Leningrad Oblast, various raions, and therefore, because of this, the Ingrian language is divided into various dialects, various lesser languages.

Adverb

eri

  1. (of motion) apart, separated

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 101
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 35
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 26

Italian

Verb

eri

  1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of essere

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

eri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えり

Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Javanese rwi.

Noun

eri

  1. thorn
  2. fishbone

Karelian

Adjective

eri

  1. different

Latin

Noun

erī

  1. inflection of erus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Middle English

Etymology

Probably from a variant form of Old English earg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Doublet of argh.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eri

  1. (rare, Northern) frightening, fearing

Descendants

  • English: eerie

References

Occitan

Pronoun

eri

  1. (Gascony) they (masculine)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch hele.

Noun

eri

  1. whole

Turkish

Noun

eri

  1. inflection of er:
    1. accusative singular
    2. third-person singular possessive

Yao (South America)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ɨrɨ, *rɨ (to do, to make, to put). Compare Ye'kwana üdü.

Verb

eri

  1. to do

Further reading

  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643