-ei
Chuukese
Suffix
-ei
Related terms
Small objects, concepts | Large objects, living things | Suffix | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First person | ai | nei | -ei |
Second person | omw, om | noum | -om | |
Third person | an | noun | -an | |
Plural | First person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) | nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) | -em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
Second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi | |
Third person | ar | nour | -er |
German
Alternative forms
- -ey (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German -īe, borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aɪ̯]
Audio (file)
Suffix
-ei f (plural -eien)
Derived terms
Gothic
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛʲi]
Suffix
-ei
- (possessive suffix) his/her/its ... -s (third-person singular, multiple possessions)
- (possessive suffix) your ... -s (second-person singular and plural formal, multiple possessions)
- a maga tervei, az ön tervei - your (singular, formal) plans
- a maguk tervei, az önök tervei - your (plural, formal) plans
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -i is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -ai is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ei is added to some front vowel words ending in a consonant
- -jai is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
- -jei is added to some front vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
See also
- Category:Hungarian noun forms
- Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin hĕbui / (h)ĕ(bu)i, which stems from classical Latin habuī, first-person singular perfect of habeō. See -erei.
Latin
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- -ey (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese -ei, from Latin -āvī.
Suffix
-ei
Etymology 2
From Old Portuguese -ei, from ei (“I have”).
Suffix
-ei
Etymology 3
From Old Portuguese -ede, from Latin -ite.
Suffix
-ei
Romanian
Alternative forms
- -lei (for feminine nouns ending a stressed vowel or diphthong)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *illaei, merger of Latin illī (dative feminine singular of ille) and -ae (“first-declension ending”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ej/
Usage notes
This form of the definite article is used for feminine nouns in the genitive and dative cases which end in -ă or in an unstressed vowel:
The suffix is also used with feminine singular adjectives in the genitive and dative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies: