eri

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾi/,

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 , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “eri” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Elfdalian

Etymology

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

Noun

eri m

1. hare

Inflection

stem=weak ''an''-stem

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

• eri-
• erinema
• eriline

Noun

eri (genitive eri, partitive eri)

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

Declension

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeri/,
• Rhymes: -eri
• Syllabification^(key): e‧ri

Adjective

eri (not comparable, indeclinable)

1. different, other, another

   olla eri mieltä (jonkun kanssa) ― to disagree (with somebody)

   eri tavalla ― in a different manner, in a different way

   eri tavoin ― in 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.

Synonyms

• (separate): erillinen

Derived terms

Adverb

eri (not comparable) (dated)

1. really, truly

   Olet eri hyvä kaveri.

   You're a really good friend.

Further reading

• “eri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Ido

Noun

eri

1. plural of ero

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈeri/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈeri/,
• Rhymes: -eri
• Hyphenation: e‧ri

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

• (away): erimittee

Derived terms

Related terms

• ero, eriksee, erillää, erimittee, erittäin

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

Italian

Verb

eri

1. second-person singular impfect indicative of essere

Anagrams

• -ire, ire, rei, rie, riè

Japanese

Romanization

eri

1. Rōmaji transcription of えり

Javanese

Alternative forms

• ri

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːriː/

Adjective

eri

1. (rare, Northern) frightening, fearing

Descendants

• English: eerie

References

• “ērī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-23.

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