ـی
ـی - Northern Kurdish
Suffix
ـی (-î)
- Arabic spelling of -î
ـی - Ottoman Turkish
Suffix
ـی • (-ı, -i, -u, -ü)
- 3rd-person possessive suffix
- قیامت كونی
- kıyamet günü
- judgement day
ـی - Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA: /iː/
- (Dari Persian) IPA: /iː/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA: /iː/
- (Tajik) IPA: /i/
Suffix
ـی • (-i)
- Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns
- of or pertaining to
- one from or belonging to
- Forms the word for a profession, and the place it is practiced, from the word for the person who practice it
- able to, capabale of being, deserved to be, determined to, and/or destined to
- Forms surnames.
Usage notes
ـی is the form that follows words ending in consonants. Adjectives ending in the short vowel ـه (-e) will use the form ـگی (-egi) for their derived nouns, while nouns ending in ـه (-e) will usually add the non-joining ای (-i) to form their derived adjectives. Both nouns and adjectives ending in the long vowels ـا (-â) and ـو (-u) will use the form یی (-yi)
As a derivational suffix, ـی and the above-mentioned alternative forms take the stress in a word, as in خورشیدی (xoršidi, “solar”). As the marked indefinite or relative definite suffix, the stress remains on the root of the word, as in خورشیدی (xoršidi, “a sun / the sun which”)
Most Persian surnames end in this suffix.
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA: [iː]
Suffix
ـی • (-i)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA: /eː/
- (Dari): IPA: /eː/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA: /iː/
- (Tajik): IPA: /e/
Suffix
ـی • (-i)
- a, one; Marks a noun phrase as indefinite or non-specific, especially in the literary language.
- Synonym: (colloquial) یه (ye)
- Marks a noun phrase attributed by a subordinate clause as restrictive.
- ساختمانی که علی در آن زندگی میکند بزرگ است.
- sâxtemân-i ke 'ali dar ân zendegi mi-konad bozorg-ast.
- The building where Ali lives is big.
- Contrast with:
- آن ساختمان که علی در آن زندگی میکند بزرگ است.
- ân sâxtemân ke 'ali dar ân zendegi mi-konad bozorg-ast.
- That building, where Ali lives, is big.
Usage notes
This suffix is attached as a suffix to a noun in a sentence and acts as the indefinite object marker. Most words use the non-joining ای (-i), unless the word ends in the long vowels ـا (-â) and ـو (-u) or a non-joining consonant. For instance, “a house” would be خانهای (xâne-ye), “a dog” would be سگای (sag-i), and “houses” would be خانههایی (xâne-hâ-yi).
ـی - Urdu
Suffix
ـی • (-ī) (Hindi spelling -ई)
Suffix
ـی • (ī) (Hindi spelling -ई)
Suffix
ـی • (-ī) (Hindi spelling -ई)