What is the meaning of -i?

Used to form adjectives for the species descriptor of a scientific name.

Used to form adjectives, nouns and demonyms describing people of a particular city, region, or country, and the language spoken by these people.

Forms an alternative plural ending for various words borrowed from Latin that end in ⟨us⟩ in the singular.

Forms an alternative plural ending for words borrowed from Italian that end in ⟨o⟩ or ⟨e⟩ in the singular.

Used to form diminutives of given names.

Used to create nouns from class I verbs, denoting either the agent or the instrument of the action.

Forms nouns from verbs with the meaning of 'the one who...'

Forms relative clauses

added to intransitive verbs to make them transitive

him, her, it

Nominalizing suffix forming nouns from verbs

romanization of -𐌉

Forms adjectives, mainly from nouns or sometimes other adjectives.

Forms diminutives from nouns.

Used to form agent nouns from verbs; -er

suffix forming transitive verbs

he, him, she, it, they, them (third person singular and plural)

alternative form of -ien (infinitival suffix)

alternative form of -y

alternative form of -yf

Forms relative clauses in which the referent is female.

Used to form female given names.

Used to form transitive verbs from intransitive verbs or nouns

Used to give the prospective aspect to verbs

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form past participle of strong verbs.

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form singular definite form for strong feminine nouns.

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form plural definite form for neuter nouns.

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form feminine singular indefinite form for many adjectives.

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form neuter singular indefinite form for many adjectives.

forms feminine form of Nt-participles

forms feminine form of S-participles

forms feminine form of short comparatives

forms female equivalent of nouns

alternative form of -iġ

productive suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives

non-productive suffix used to form action nouns from weak verbs

him

it (object pronoun)

-th; forms abstract nouns from adjectives which represent 'the state, quality or measure of' the adjective

forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade form of the base

a-/u-/īn-stem indefinite dative singular suffix

masculine i-stem indefinite accusative plural suffix

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forms adjectives from nouns, usually possessive

Feminine agreement suffix

Forms agent nouns from verbs.

Forms adjectives indicating an abundance of something.

-er; forms agent nouns from verbs.

-ing; forms the present active participle of verbs.

marks a noun as possessed; used mostly with nouns referring to instruments, technologies, and manufactured products, and also with all loanwords

forms the singular of the recent past perfective tense

forms the singular of the distant past perfective tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are third-person

forms the prohibitive mood

forms the interrogative of the third-person form na of the copula ei

masculine singular nominative suffixed definite article: the

stressed, it forms nouns from nomina agentis and adjectives, shkues/shkuesi, i lirë/liri

suffix forming adjectives from nouns

Forms agent nouns from verbs.

Verb forming suffix

verbal inflection marking the infinitive

common vowel of personal pronouns: mi, ni, ci, vi, li, ŝi, ĝi, oni, ili, si.

Forms nouns from verbs, indicating instruments (tools) are used to perform that verb's action.

A non-productive nominal suffix deriving nouns from nominal stems.

Forms nouns from some verbs.

Used to mark the first part of a compound word.

Forms lative adverbs.

Forms pet names from given names, kinship terms, and terms of address.

Forms nouns from adjectives and verbs denoting someone characterized by that word.

Forms clippings, with a meaning of -ist, -ian, -an

Forms clippings.

Forms gender-neutral nouns.

an unproductive ending of nouns for Semitic and Indo-Iranian groups, especially peoples

forms the plurals of some nouns of Latin origin with a singular in -us.

forms the plurals of some nouns of Italian origin with a singular in -o.

romanization of -𐌹

Intransitivizes.

Added to proper nouns, certain common nouns and postpositions to form adjectives:

  1. names of places (toponyms)

    names of places (toponyms)

    names of people (anthroponyms, thus eponyms)

    certain common nouns

    postpositions (as part of the phrase in which they occur)

    possessive suffix for multiple possessions

    1. his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (s/he) being optional for emphasis)

      his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (s/he) being optional for emphasis)

      your ……-s (second-person singular, grammatically resembling the third person sg.)

      construed with a noun or certain pronouns as the possessor: ……’s ……-s, ……-s of …… (third-person sg. or pl., depending on the noun or pronoun)

      Forms the definite third-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood).

      Added to nouns or their clipped form; mostly used by the younger generation or in informal conversations.

      alternative form of -e (third-person singular single-possession possessive suffix)

      alternative form of (combining form of the above)

      a nominal suffix, forming abstract nouns, mostly from adjective

      indefinite nominative singular of -i m

      forms some abstract nouns

      forms masculine personal nouns

      1. forms hypocorisms or short forms of male names

        forms hypocorisms or short forms of male names

        forms short forms of nouns for male people

        forms demonyms from placenames

        inflection of -i n :

        1. indefinite nominative/accusative/dative singular
        2. nominative/accusative plural

        indefinite nominative/accusative/dative singular

        nominative/accusative plural

        forms nouns derived from various bases

        forms abstract nouns from nouns and adjectives

        adverbial ending

        -s; marks the plural form of nouns, by replacing the -o ending

        verbal suffix for manipulating, completing, or placing the object from a noun

        transitive verbal suffix for causation in surface of the object from an adjective

        transitive verbal suffix for doing activity to the object from a transitive verb

        transitive locative imperative verbal suffix from a noun:

        1. to apply or give [base] to the object

          to apply or give [base] to the object

          to remove [base] from the object

          transitive adverbial imperative verbal suffix from a noun: to act as/be [base] with reference to object

          adjective suffix (with the meaning “related to ...”)

          used with a stem to form the second-person singular present of regular -are, -ere verbs and those -ire verbs that do not take "isc"

          used with a stem to form the second-person imperative of -ere verbs

          used with a stem to form the first-, second- and third-person singular present subjunctive of -are verbs

          used with a stem to form the third-person singular imperative of -are verbs

          used to form the plural of nouns ending in -o

          used to form the plural of nouns ending in -e

          forms surnames from proper names, occupations, etc.

          Rōmaji transcription of

          used for creation of agent nouns

          Used for the first person present perfect singular form of any regular verb.

          genitive/locative singular of -us for second-declension nouns.

          genitive masculine/neuter singular of -us for first/second-declension adjectives.

          genitive feminine singular of -us for first/second-declension adjectives.

          nominative/vocative plural of -us for most second-declension nouns.

          nominative/vocative masculine plural of -us for first/second-declension adjectives.

          dative/ablative singular of -ēs

          dative singular of -s

          ablative neuter singular of -s

          Forms agent nouns from verbs.

          suffix creating an adjective from a noun, denoting ‘of or pertaining to’

          Gives a causitive meaning or a meaning of causing something to form imperative transitive verbs.

          Gives a locative meaning, that is, of stating a locational element to imperative verbs.

          For some speakers, when the Etymology 1 form of this suffix (along with -an) is added to a stem that starts with any consonant except /r/, the consonant would be geminated, so that alami (to experience) and hadapi (to face) which respectively are affixations of alam (realm) and hadap (front) with the -i suffix, are pronounced as /alammi/ [a.lam.mi] and /hadappi/ [ha.dap̚.pi], not as /alami/ [a.la.mi] and /hadapi/ [ha.da.pi].

          This suffix is never used after verbs ending in final -i for euphonic reasons and to avoid near-homophony with bare forms (-∅). Thus, beli (to buy) does not derive into *belii.

          Forms adjectives related to certain base words of Arabic or Persian origin.

          -ee.

          a derivational suffix, chiefly creating adjectives from nouns

          a common plural suffix

          1. used in nouns and adjectives in -u

            used in nouns and adjectives in -u

            used in some nouns in -a, chiefly ones of Romance origin

            used in some nouns and adjectives in a consonant, chiefly ones of Romance origin

            A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

            Forms agent nouns from verbs.

            Forms adjectives indicating an abundance of something.

            The ending of the illative singular case.

            forms masculine adjectives meaning "belonging to", especially for animals

            forms masculine adjectives derived from prepositional phrases

            a suffix indicating the inflection of -ir:

            1. first-person singular preterite indicative
            2. second-person plural imperative

            first-person singular preterite indicative

            second-person plural imperative

            Forms the nominative singular of vocalic oikoclitic feminine nouns

            Forms the nominative feminine singular of vocalic oikoclitic adjectives

            Attaches to the perfective stem to form the third-person singular feminine past tense of intransitive verbs

            Used to form plurals

            the

            A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

            is

            Suffix for forming agent nouns from verbs

            general negative marker

            suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix

            -y; when added to one noun, creates a new one that indicates the use or activity of the first. See also -eri.

            imperative suffix, usually equivalent to -in / -an mo in Standard Tagalog and other dialects

            Forms agent nouns from verbs

            Accusative suffix

            Third-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession.

            Suffix creating nouns from verbs

            Nisba suffix; creates adjectives.

            Suffix creating abstract nouns from nouns or adjectives

            the ezafe particle

            third-person singular possessive suffix, used after a noun ending in a consonant; also used to form definite accusative forms of nouns

            Forms agent nouns from verbs

            A morpheme used to mark the accusative singular of a word (such as a noun or pronoun).

            Pluralisation suffix

            Forms verbnouns from verb stems.

            forming abstract nouns, -ness, -ment

            used to form pet names

            verb suffix for the second-person singular present indicative/future

            verb suffix for the second-person singular future

            Forms agent nouns from verbs.

            Source: wiktionary.org

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