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English
Etymology
From ink + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
inker (plural inkers)
- A person or device that applies ink.
- In comic book production, a person who outlines and otherwise embellishes the artwork of a penciler in preparation for publishing.
- Synonyms: finisher, embellisher
- A tattoo artist.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English incer, genitive form of ġit, from Proto-Germanic *inkweraz, possessive form of *jut. Initial /j/ is due to the influence of ȝit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinkər/, /ˈunkər/, /ˈjinkər/, /ˈjunkər/
Determiner
inker (nominative pronoun ȝit)
- (Early Middle English) Second-person dual possessive determiner: both of your.
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
|
nominative
|
accusative
|
dative
|
genitive
|
possessive
|
singular
|
1st-person
|
I, ich, ik
|
me |
min mi1 |
min
|
2nd-person
|
þou
|
þe |
þin þi1 |
þin
|
3rd-person
|
m
|
he |
him hine2 |
him |
his |
his hisen
|
f
|
sche, heo |
hire heo
|
hire |
hire hires, hiren
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n
|
hit |
hit him2 |
his, hit |
—
|
dual3
|
1st-person
|
wit
|
unk
|
unker
|
2nd-person
|
ȝit
|
inc
|
inker
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plural
|
1st-person
|
we
|
us, ous |
oure |
oure oures, ouren
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2nd-person4
|
ye
|
yow |
your |
your youres, youren
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3rd-person
|
inh.
|
he |
hem he2 |
hem |
here |
here heres, heren
|
bor.
|
þei
|
þem, þeim |
þeir |
þeir þeires, þeiren
|
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Pronoun
inker (nominative wit)
- (Early Middle English) First-person dual genitive pronoun: both of yours, the two of yours.
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