ـی

ـی - Northern Kurdish

Suffix

ـی ()

  1. Arabic spelling of

ـی - Ottoman Turkish

Suffix

ـی (-ı, -i, -u, -ü)

  1. 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)

  1. Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns
    1. of or pertaining to
    2. one from or belonging to
    3. Forms the word for a profession, and the place it is practiced, from the word for the person who practice it
      • خیاط (xayyât, tailor) + ـیخیاطی (xayyâti, tailoring; tailor shop)
    4. able to, capabale of being, deserved to be, determined to, and/or destined to
  2. 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 () 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

Category Persian terms suffixed with ـی not found

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [iː]

Suffix

ـی (-i)

  1. Forms abstract nouns from adjectives.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Persian): IPA: /eː/
  • (Dari): IPA: /eː/
  • (Iranian Persian): IPA: /iː/
  • (Tajik): IPA: /e/

Suffix

ـی (-i)

  1. a, one; Marks a noun phrase as indefinite or non-specific, especially in the literary language.
    • Synonym: (colloquial) یه (ye)
  2. 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 () 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 () (Hindi spelling -ई)

  1. relating to, forms adjectives from nouns
    • جوکھم (jokhim, risk) + ـیجوکھمی (jokhimī, risky)
    • پستہ (pista, pistachio) + ـیپستئی (pistaī, having the color of [shelled] pistachios)

Suffix

ـی (ī) (Hindi spelling -ई)

  1. doer, possessor
    • ساتھ (sāth, company, support) + ـیساتھی (sāthī, companion, partner).
    • روگ (rog, sickness, disease) + ـیروگی (rogī, sick person, patient).

Suffix

ـی () (Hindi spelling -ई)

  1. forms abstract nouns from adjectives or common nouns
    • روشن (rauśan, bright) + ـیروشنی (rauśnī, brightness).

Derived terms

Urdu terms suffixed with ی
Meaning and Definition of ـی
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