-i
后缀
发音 ē
英文释义
后缀
-
Used to form adjectives, nouns, demonyms (describing people of a particular city, region or country) or genonyms (describing people of a particular tribe, clan or family) and the language spoken by these people.
— Hindustan + -i → Hindustani
-
Forms an alternative plural ending for various words borrowed from Latin that end in ⟨us⟩ in the singular.
— focus + -i → foci
-
Forms an alternative plural ending for words borrowed from Italian that end in ⟨o⟩ or ⟨e⟩ in the singular.
— concerto + -i → concerti
-
Used to form diminutives of given names.
— Becki, Benji, Jimmi, Lexi, Nicki, Sammi, Sandi, Trini, Vicki
-
Forms an alternative plural ending for various words borrowed from Latin that end in ⟨us⟩ in the singular.; Forms an alternative plural ending for various words that end in ⟨us⟩ in the singular, despite not being borrowed from Latin.
— platypus + -i → platypi
词源
词源 1
A conflation of the following suffixes:
* For Semitic-speaking places, from the Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) (nisba suffix) and from Hebrew ־י (-i), both sharing a common Semitic root.
* For Indo-Iranian-speaking places, from Persian ـی (-ī) and Hindustani Hindi -ई (-ī) / Urdu ـی (-ī).
In English, productive since the 19th century.
* For Semitic-speaking places, from the Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) (nisba suffix) and from Hebrew ־י (-i), both sharing a common Semitic root.
* For Indo-Iranian-speaking places, from Persian ـی (-ī) and Hindustani Hindi -ई (-ī) / Urdu ـی (-ī).
In English, productive since the 19th century.
词源 2
From Latin -ī (nominative plural).
词源 3
From Italian -i (masculine plural), from Latin -ī (see etymology 2).
词源 4
Variant of -ie or -y.
0 次浏览
数据来源: Wiktionary