-i

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-i¹

  • /ʲ/
  • /i/
  • /j/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin -ī (second-declension plural ending).

suffix

  1. morpheme Forms the indefinite plural of masculine nouns and many feminine nouns. lup + -i → lupi

-i²

  • /j/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille.

suffix

  1. accusative, article, definite, masculine, morpheme, nominative masculine plural, nominative and accusative definite article

-i³

  • /i/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin -īre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of fourth conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish and French -ir, Italian -ire, etc.

suffix a -i · -ind · -it · - · -i · -e

  1. morpheme A suffix forming infinitives of fourth conjugation verbs.

-i⁴

Where it comes from

From e (“is”).

suffix

  1. morpheme is

In English

  • -est second-person singular present tense of verbs
  • -s regular plurals of nouns

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"-i." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/-i. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-i. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-i

Chicago

"-i." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-i.

BibTeX
@misc{i_2026,
  title = {-i},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-i},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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