See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin -inus.

Suffix

 m

  1. -ine (of or pertaining to)
    marí, boví, argentí
    marine, bovine, Argentinian

Etymology 2

Suffix

 m

  1. (chemistry) -yne

Derived terms

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Czech

Suffix

  1. Forming attributive adjectives from nouns, especially animals
    labuť + labutí
    liška + liščí
    kníže + knížecí
    orel + orlí
  2. Forming nouns refering to collections
    dřevo + dříví
    kámen + kamení
    ostrov + souostroví

Derived terms

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Further reading


Irish

Alternative forms

  • -aí (broad version)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/

Suffix

  1. slender form of -aí (plural suffix)

Suffix

 m

  1. slender form of -aí (agent suffix)

Prefix

  1. (disjunct prefix of position I)
    Postpositional prefix meaning “against”. It is often found in contraction with ná- (“around” or reversionary) as (b)éé-, where it converges in shape with (about).
    ► Navajo verbs with postpositional prefix -í

Suffix

  1. (nominalizer) the one that, the one who

Usage notes

Similar to the -er suffix in English, the suffix attached to a verb means "the one who does [verb]".

Thus naaʼnaʼ (he/she/it crawls about) + ("-er") produces naaʼnaʼí ("the one that crawls, crawler"). Prefixing this with chidí (car) produces chidí naaʼnaʼí (caterpillar tractor).

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Spanish

Suffix

  1. Suffix indicating certain demonyms, especially from Arabic and Indo-Iranian countries and regions
    Irán + iraní
    Irak + iraquí
    Azer(baiyán) + azerí
    Marruecos + marroquí
    Panyab + panyabí
  2. First person preterite ending of regular -er verbs
    comer (to eat) + comí (I ate)

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