# -i
## English
### Etymology 1

A conflation of the following suffixes:
* For Semitic-speaking places, from the Arabic nisba suffix ـِيّ (-iyy) or from Hebrew ־י (-i), both sharing a common Semitic root.
* For Indo-Iranian-speaking places, from Persian ـی (-ī) and Hindi -ई (-ī).
In English, productive from the 19th century.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: ē, IPA: /iː/

#### Suffix

-i
* Used to form adjectives and nouns describing people of a particular city, region, or country, and the language spoken by these people.
    ‎Iraq + ‎-i → ‎Iraqi
    ‎Israel + ‎-i → ‎Israeli
    ‎Pakistan + ‎-i → ‎Pakistani
    ‎Bengal + ‎-i → ‎Bengali
    ‎Nepal + ‎-i → ‎Nepali
    ‎-desh + ‎-i → ‎Desi
    ‎Kabul + ‎-i → ‎Kabuli
    ‎Baghdad + ‎-i → ‎Baghdadi

##### Translations
#### See also

* -er
* -stan

#### References

* OED, s.v. "-i, suffix$^2$".

### Etymology 2

From Latin -ī (nominative plural).

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: ī, IPA: /aɪ/ (traditional English)
* enPR: ē, IPA: /iː/ (rare; imitation of the original Latin or of Italian)

#### Suffix

-i
* Forms an alternative plural ending for various words borrowed from Latin that end in ⟨us⟩ in the singular.
    ‎focus + ‎-i → ‎foci
    ‎radius + ‎-i → ‎radii

##### Usage notes

* Prescriptively speaking, the ending is only applicable to words that were second-declension masculine nouns in Latin, such as the above examples. Descriptively speaking, the ending is often extended to other words like octopus (a third-declension noun in Latin with plural octopodes, not *octopi) and ignoramus (a verb in Latin, not a noun).
* The ending traditionally “softens” preceding /k ɡ/ to /s d͡ʒ/, but non-softened pronunciations are also found today. Cf. loci /ˈləʊsaɪ/~/ˈləʊkaɪ/ and fungi /ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ/~/ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/.

#### References

* OED, s.v. "-i, suffix$^1$".

### Etymology 3

From Italian -i (masculine plural), from Latin -ī (see etymology 2).

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: ē, IPA: /iː/

#### Suffix

-i
* Forms an alternative plural ending for words borrowed from Italian that end in ⟨o⟩ or ⟨e⟩ in the singular.
    ‎concerto + ‎-i → ‎concerti
    ‎calzone + ‎-i → ‎calzoni

### Etymology 4

Variant of -ie or -y.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: ē, IPA: /iː/

#### Suffix

-i
* Used to form diminutives of given names.
    Becki, Benji, Jimmi, Lexi, Nicki, Sammi, Sandi, Trini, Vicki

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* (masculine) IPA: /-i/
* (feminine) IPA: /-ˈi/

### Suffix

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

#### Usage notes

* Used together with the prefix t- to create feminine nouns. The stress will shift to the last syllable.
* Used together with the prefix y- to create masculine nouns. The stress will not be on the last syllable.

### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 118

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-osyo, from Proto-Indo-European *-os. Cognate with Messapic -aihi. Related to i (“of, the, to”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]

### Article

-i m
* masculine singular nominative suffixed definite article: the
    ‎malësor (“highlander”) + ‎-i → ‎malësori (“the highlander”)
    ‎mal (“mountain”) + ‎-i → ‎mali (“the mountain”)

#### Related terms

* (suffixed article, suffix): -a, -e, -ë, -o, -u, -ia, -ja, -je, -jë, -at, -et, -ët, -it, -ot, -ut, -të, -ri, -ishte, -ishtja
* (article, preposition): e, i, së, të

### Suffix

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

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ Matzinger 2015, pp. 62–66
* ↑ Ismajli 2015, pp. 65–68.
* ↑ Matzinger, Joachim (2017). "The Lexicon of Albanian". In Klein, Jared; Joseph, Brian; Fritz, Matthias (eds.). Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics. 3. Walter de Gruyter.

## Chuukese
### Suffix

-i
* added to intransitive verbs to make them transitive
* (added to transitive verbs) him, her, it (third person singular indirect object)

#### Usage notes

* In Chuukese, transitive verbs in their base form already have the third person singular indirect object implied on them, although the suffix -i can be added for emphasis.

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]
* Hyphenation: -i
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### Etymology 1

Perhaps from Latin deponent verbs such as loquī (“to speak”). Perhaps from French and Spanish verbs ending in -ir.

#### Suffix

-i
* verbal inflection marking the infinitive

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Common to English e (pronounced [i]) in me, she, he, we and the Italian accusative pronouns mi, ti, vi, li, si.

#### Suffix

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

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-in.

### Suffix

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

#### Inflection

Or less commonly:

#### Derived terms
## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-i, from Proto-Uralic *-j (specifically its fusion with the stem vowel). Originally allomorphic with -o (< *-oi, in which the *-i- caused labialization of the preceding *a).

#### Suffix

-i
* A non-productive nominal suffix deriving nouns from nominal stems.
    ‎ukko (“(old) man”) + ‎-i → ‎ukki (“grandfather”)
* Forms nouns from some verbs.
* (seldom productive) Used to mark the first part of a compound word.
    ‎lehmä (“cow”) + ‎-i → ‎lehmi-
    ‎kolme (“three”) + ‎-i → ‎kolmi-
    ‎neljä (“four”) + ‎-i → ‎neli-
    ‎perä (“rear”) + ‎-i → ‎peri- (“ultimate”)

##### Declension

Usually:
Possessive forms of -i (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-ini
-ini
accusative
nom.
-ini
-ini
gen.
-ini
genitive
-ini
-ieni
partitive
-iani
-ejani
inessive
-issani
-eissani
elative
-istani
-eistani
illative
-iini
-eihini
adessive
-illani
-eillani
ablative
-iltani
-eiltani
allative
-illeni
-eilleni
essive
-inani
-einani
translative
-ikseni
-eikseni
abessive
-ittani
-eittani
instructive
comitative
—-eineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-isi
-isi
accusative
nom.
-isi
-isi
gen.
-isi
genitive
-isi
-iesi
partitive
-iasi
-ejasi
inessive
-issasi
-eissasi
elative
-istasi
-eistasi
illative
-iisi
-eihisi
adessive
-illasi
-eillasi
ablative
-iltasi
-eiltasi
allative
-illesi
-eillesi
essive
-inasi
-einasi
translative
-iksesi
-eiksesi
abessive
-ittasi
-eittasi
instructive
comitative
—-einesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-imme
-imme
accusative
nom.
-imme
-imme
gen.
-imme
genitive
-imme
-iemme
partitive
-iamme
-ejamme
inessive
-issamme
-eissamme
elative
-istamme
-eistamme
illative
-iimme
-eihimme
adessive
-illamme
-eillamme
ablative
-iltamme
-eiltamme
allative
-illemme
-eillemme
essive
-inamme
-einamme
translative
-iksemme
-eiksemme
abessive
-ittamme
-eittamme
instructive
comitative
—-einemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-inne
-inne
accusative
nom.
-inne
-inne
gen.
-inne
genitive
-inne
-ienne
partitive
-ianne
-ejanne
inessive
-issanne
-eissanne
elative
-istanne
-eistanne
illative
-iinne
-eihinne
adessive
-illanne
-eillanne
ablative
-iltanne
-eiltanne
allative
-illenne
-eillenne
essive
-inanne
-einanne
translative
-iksenne
-eiksenne
abessive
-ittanne
-eittanne
instructive
comitative
—-einenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-insa
-insa
accusative
nom.
-insa
-insa
gen.
-insa
genitive
-insa
-iensa
partitive
-iaan -iansa
-ejaan -ejansa
inessive
-issaan -issansa
-eissaan -eissansa
elative
-istaan -istansa
-eistaan -eistansa
illative
-iinsa
-eihinsa
adessive
-illaan -illansa
-eillaan -eillansa
ablative
-iltaan -iltansa
-eiltaan -eiltansa
allative
-illeen -illensa
-eilleen -eillensa
essive
-inaan -inansa
-einaan -einansa
translative
-ikseen -iksensa
-eikseen -eiksensa
abessive
-ittaan -ittansa
-eittaan -eittansa
instructive
comitative
—-eineen -einensa :
Possessive forms of -i (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-ini
-ini
accusative
nom.
-ini
-ini
gen.
-ini
genitive
-ini
-ieni
partitive
-iäni
-ejäni
inessive
-issäni
-eissäni
elative
-istäni
-eistäni
illative
-iini
-eihini
adessive
-illäni
-eilläni
ablative
-iltäni
-eiltäni
allative
-illeni
-eilleni
essive
-inäni
-einäni
translative
-ikseni
-eikseni
abessive
-ittäni
-eittäni
instructive
comitative
—-eineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-isi
-isi
accusative
nom.
-isi
-isi
gen.
-isi
genitive
-isi
-iesi
partitive
-iäsi
-ejäsi
inessive
-issäsi
-eissäsi
elative
-istäsi
-eistäsi
illative
-iisi
-eihisi
adessive
-illäsi
-eilläsi
ablative
-iltäsi
-eiltäsi
allative
-illesi
-eillesi
essive
-inäsi
-einäsi
translative
-iksesi
-eiksesi
abessive
-ittäsi
-eittäsi
instructive
comitative
—-einesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-imme
-imme
accusative
nom.
-imme
-imme
gen.
-imme
genitive
-imme
-iemme
partitive
-iämme
-ejämme
inessive
-issämme
-eissämme
elative
-istämme
-eistämme
illative
-iimme
-eihimme
adessive
-illämme
-eillämme
ablative
-iltämme
-eiltämme
allative
-illemme
-eillemme
essive
-inämme
-einämme
translative
-iksemme
-eiksemme
abessive
-ittämme
-eittämme
instructive
comitative
—-einemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-inne
-inne
accusative
nom.
-inne
-inne
gen.
-inne
genitive
-inne
-ienne
partitive
-iänne
-ejänne
inessive
-issänne
-eissänne
elative
-istänne
-eistänne
illative
-iinne
-eihinne
adessive
-illänne
-eillänne
ablative
-iltänne
-eiltänne
allative
-illenne
-eillenne
essive
-inänne
-einänne
translative
-iksenne
-eiksenne
abessive
-ittänne
-eittänne
instructive
comitative
—-einenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
-insä
-insä
accusative
nom.
-insä
-insä
gen.
-insä
genitive
-insä
-iensä
partitive
-iään -iänsä
-ejään -ejänsä
inessive
-issään -issänsä
-eissään -eissänsä
elative
-istään -istänsä
-eistään -eistänsä
illative
-iinsä
-eihinsä
adessive
-illään -illänsä
-eillään -eillänsä
ablative
-iltään -iltänsä
-eiltään -eiltänsä
allative
-illeen -illensä
-eilleen -eillensä
essive
-inään -inänsä
-einään -einänsä
translative
-ikseen -iksensä
-eikseen -eiksensä
abessive
-ittään -ittänsä
-eittään -eittänsä
instructive
comitative
—-eineen -einensä :
Note that if the stem has gradation, it is (almost always) preserved.

##### Derived terms
#### See also

* -kki
* -ri

### Etymology 2

Conflated:
* from Proto-Finnic *-i (from Proto-Uralic *-j (lative suffix))
* from *-ik (from earlier *-jek, probably a combination of the aforementioned and Proto-Uralic *-k (lative suffix)).

#### Suffix

-i
* Forms lative adverbs.
    ‎aueta (“to open”) + ‎-i → ‎auki (“open”)
    ‎ylä- (“upper, high”) + ‎-i → ‎yli (“over”)

##### Derived terms
#### See also

* -lti
* -sti
* -ti

## German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-ij-, *-j- (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch -je (diminutive suffix), English -y (diminutive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]
* Audio:(file)

### Suffix

-i (informal)
* Forms pet names from given names, kinship terms, and terms of address.
    ‎Hans + ‎-i → ‎Hansi
    ‎Papa (“dad, daddy”) + ‎-i → ‎Papi (“pops”)
    ‎Schatz (“sweetheart, darling”) + ‎-i → ‎Schatzi
* (endearing, sometimes derogatory) Forms nouns from adjectives and verbs denoting someone characterized by that word.
    ‎schlaff (“slack; weary”) + ‎-i → ‎Schlaffi (“weak, tired person”) (derogatory)
    ‎brummen (“to hum”) + ‎-i → ‎Brummi (“rig, truck”)
* Forms clippings.
    ‎Pullover + ‎-i → ‎Pulli
    ‎Schokolade + ‎-i → ‎Schoki

#### Derived terms
### See also

* -lein, -chen, -erl

## Gothic
### Romanization

-i
* Romanization of -𐌹

## Greenlandic
### Pronunciation

* (Nuuk) IPA: /-i/, [-ɪ]

### Suffix

-i (v-v$^?$, truncative$^?$)
* Intransitivizes.

#### Usage notes

Sometimes additive after r stems.
Many verbs are intransitivized simply by changing the inflectional ending, without changing the stem; of those that do use an affix, it is not predictable which of -i, -nnig, -ller and -si are used. Also, verbs may use more than one of these, with similarly unpredictable results (e.g. errorsivoq (“wash clothes”) vs. erruivoq (“do dishes”), both from errorpaa). If a verb uses one of these affixes, the unaffixed intransitive form may be passive, reciprocal or reflexive w.r.t. the transitive form.

#### Synonyms

* -nnig, -ller, -si

### References

* Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, pp. 67-68. Atuagkat 2003.
* Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 106-107, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]
* Rhymes: -i

### Etymology 1

Adjective-forming suffix.

#### Suffix

-i
* (adjective-forming suffix) Added to proper nouns, certain common nouns and postpositions to form adjectives:
** names of places (toponyms)
    ‎Amerika (“America”) + ‎-i → ‎amerikai (“American”)
** names of people (anthroponyms, thus eponyms)
    ‎Freud (“Freud”) + ‎-i → ‎freudi (“Freudian”)
** certain common nouns
    ‎város (“city”) + ‎-i → ‎városi (“urban”)
    ‎kémia (“chemistry”) + ‎-i → ‎kémiai (“chemical”)
** postpositions (as part of the phrase in which they occur)
    ‎az ablak alatt (“under the window”) + ‎-i → ‎az ablak alatti szék (“the chair under the window”)

##### Usage notes

* Final -o and -ö (which only occur in non-Hungarian words) change to -ó and -ő.
    Oslo → oslói (“Oslovian”)
    Malmö → malmői (“Malmö-based”)
    Victor Hugo → Victor Hugó-i (“Hugolian, Hugonian, Hugoesque”)
* If the suffix -i were to follow word-final -i, only one is retained (so one needs to know the original form).
    Helsinki → helsinki (“Helsinkian”)
    Zamárdi (a town in Somogy County, Hungary) → zamárdi (“from Zamárdi”, in theory, it could also derive from a non-existent *Zamárd)
* The other word-final short vowels (a, e, u, ü) remain unchanged (just like long ones and consonants).
    Prága (“Prague”) → prágai (“Praguian”)
    Goethe → goethei (“Goethean”)
    Peru → perui (“Peruvian”)
    Öskü (a village in Veszprém County, Hungary) → ösküi (“from Öskü”)
   * The fact that word-final a and e remain short before the adjective-forming -i often becomes distinctive against the multiple-possession possessives of words that end in a and e, e.g. formai (“formal”) and formái (“his/her/its forms”) or megyei (“county-level”) and megyéi (“his/her/its counties”).
* Names with a fleeting vowel: Eger → egri, as well as names ending in -halom, e.g. Szigethalom → szigethalmi.
* Names ending in -falu (e.g. Leányfalu) may be suffixed in three ways: The official way is retaining the full form, e.g. leányfalui; in the vernacular, leányfalusi may be heard; and forms like leányfalvi are increasingly rare.
* Names ending in a possessive suffix such as -falva, -halma, -háza, -földe (outside elements of proper names: földje), -telke: Official usage increasingly prefers retaining the whole name (e.g. nyíregyházai from Nyíregyháza), though in common parlance the word-final a and e tend to be dropped (e.g. nyíregyházi). The drawback of the latter is that the original form cannot be established (as nyíregyházi could theoretically derive from a non-existent *Nyíregyház).
* For non–proper noun elements with a possessive suffix, native speakers often have a hard time trying to add this suffix, e.g. whether the last element of (Erzsébet királyné) útja and (Örs vezér) tere should become úti and téri (losing the mark of the possessive) or útjai and terei (having an ambiguous sense, primarily used for multiple possessions). As a rule of thumb, the former solution may be preferable.

##### Synonyms

* -beli

##### Derived terms
#### Further reading

* On a multifunctional derivational affix: Its use in relational adjectives or nominal modification, and phrasal affixation in Hungarian by István Kenesei (see the Conclusion on page 19)

### Etymology 2

Possessive plural.

#### Suffix

-i
* possessive suffix for multiple possessions
** (with no noun for possessor) his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) being optional for emphasis)
    kapu (“gate”) → a kapui (“his/her/its gates”), az ő kapui (“his/her gates”)
    érme (“coin”) → az érméi (“his/her/its coins”), az ő érméi (“his/her coins”)
** (with no noun for possessor, formal) your ……-s (second-person singular, grammatically resembling the third person sg.)
    kapu (“gate”) → a kapui (“your [formal] gates”), az ön kapui, a maga kapui (“your [formal] gates”)
** 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)
    az ember(nek a) kapui ― the person’s gates
    a gyerek(nek az) érméi ― the child’s coins
    az emberek(nek a) kapui ― the people’s gates
    a gyerekek(nek az) érméi ― the children’s coins
    az önök kapui, a maguk kapui ― your (plural, formal) gates
    azok(nak a) kapui ― the gates of those
    ki(k)nek az érméi? ― whose coins?

##### Usage notes

* (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -i is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-; final -e changes to -é-. The latter feature distinguishes it from the -i (adjective-forming suffix), which does not lengthen the preceding -a/-e.
    -ai is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ei is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -jai is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
    -jei is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
** If the possessed noun is in the plural and the possessor is expressed in English with a possessive pronoun only (rather than a noun), e.g. “their toys” (as opposed to “the children’s toys”), the -ik/-aik/-eik/-jaik/-jeik suffixes are required in Hungarian.

### Etymology 3

Personal suffix.

#### Suffix

-i
* (personal suffix) Forms the definite third-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood).
    ‎kér (“to request”) + ‎-i → ‎kéri (“he/she asks him/her or for that thing, he/she is asking him/her or for that thing”)

##### Usage notes

* (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
| Person | Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | Front vowel |
| Person | Person | Back vowel | unrounded | rounded |
| én | 1st person singular | -om | -em | -öm |
| te | 2nd person singular | -od | -ed | -öd |
| ő maga ön | 3rd person singular or formal 2nd person singular | -ja | -i | -i |
| mi | 1st person plural | -juk | -jük | -jük |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -játok | -itek | -itek |
| ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural or formal 2nd person plural | -ják | -ik | -ik |
| See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |||||

### Etymology 4

Diminutive suffix.

#### Suffix

-i
* (diminutive suffix) Added to nouns or their clipped form; mostly used by the younger generation or in informal conversations.
    fagylalt → fagyi (“ice cream”)

### Etymology 5

See -e.

#### Suffix

-i
* (dialectal, except for some set forms) Alternative form of -e (third-person singular single-possession possessive suffix)
    se szeri, se száma ― (instead of szere)
* (dialectal, except for some set forms) Alternative form of -é (combining form of the above)
    íziben a mindenit töviről hegyire jószerivel frissiben dögivel bőviben sebtiben felibe/fölibe köribe közibe ― (instead of standard ízében, a mindenét, tövéről hegyére, jószerével, frissében (uncommon), dögével (uncommon), bővében, sebtében, felébe/fölébe, körébe/​köréje, közébe/​közéje/​közé)

### See also

* Category:Hungarian noun forms
* Category:Hungarian verb forms
* Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

### References

* ↑ Section 216 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
* ↑ Section 173 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
* ↑ Section 215 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Grétsy, László and Gábor Kemény, editors. Nyelvművelő kéziszótár (“Concise Dictionary for Language Cultivation”). Second, revised and extended edition. Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
* 1 2 birtokos személyjelek alaki változatai [“form variants of possessive suffixes”] in Grétsy, László and Gábor Kemény, editors. Nyelvművelő kéziszótár (“Concise Dictionary for Language Cultivation”). Second, revised and extended edition. Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse -i, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄, cognate with Gothic -𐌴𐌹 (-ei).

### Suffix

-i f (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -i, no plural)
* a nominal suffix, forming abstract nouns

#### Derived terms
## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian -i, Russian -и (-i). Also from English -i, used with Latin and Italian borrowings.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Suffix

-i
* -s; marks the plural form of nouns, by replacing the -o ending
    ‎libro (“book”) + ‎-i → ‎libri (“books”)

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-i]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay -i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i (local transitive suffix)

#### Suffix

-i (non-active/imperative/basic -i, active meng- -i, passive di- -i)
* 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:
** to apply or give [base] to the object.
    Hormati orang tua! ― honour/respect parent!
** to remove [base] from the object.
    kuliti ― (de)skin, peel
* transitive adverbial imperative verbal suffix from a noun: to act as/be [base] with reference to object
    Sutradarai film ini! ― Direct this movie! (literally, “Become the producer of this film!”)

##### Usage notes

* 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, although -in allows violation of the previous rule such as beliin (“buy it!”). Other examples include cari (← *carii) and capai (← *capaii).
* When this suffix is combined with the prefixes meng-, di-, ter-, and ke-, the imperative aspect is lost.

### Etymology 2

From Malay -i, from Arabic nisba suffix ـِيّ (-iyy).

#### Suffix

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

##### Alternative forms

* -iah, -ni, -wi, -wiah

### Further reading

* “-i” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
* Anton Moedardo Moeliono, Hans Lapoliwa, Hasan Alwi, Sry Satrya Tjatur Wisnu Sasangka, Sugiyono (1988) Tata Bahasa Baku Bahasa Indonesia [Standard Indonesian Grammar] (in Indonesian), 4th edition, published 2017, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Suffix

-i (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
* 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

### Etymology 2

From Latin -ī, nominative plural, or from Latin -ōs, accusative plural, of masculine nouns in -us.

#### Suffix

-i (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)
* used to form the plural of nouns ending in -o

### Etymology 3

There are two competing theories:
* Formed analogically by borrowing the -i plural of Italian nouns in -o.
* Formed phonologically from the expected Latin nominative/accusative plural -ēs according to the sound change -es > -ei > -i.

#### Suffix

-i (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)
* used to form the plural of nouns ending in -e

### Etymology 4

Perhaps from the Latin genitive singular ending -ī of masculine nouns in -us.

#### Suffix

-i m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, invariable)
* forms surnames from proper names, occupations, etc.
    ‎Giacomo (“James, Jacob”) + ‎-i → ‎Giacomi (surname)
    ‎Giacometto (“Jim, Jake”) + ‎-i → ‎Giacometti (surname)
    ‎ferraro (“smith”) + ‎-i → ‎Ferrari (surname)

## Japanese
### Romanization

-i
* Rōmaji transcription of い

## Kongo
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ì.

### Suffix

-i
* used for creation of agent nouns

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈiː/, [ˈiː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi/, [ˈiː]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *-ai, from unknown origin.

#### Suffix

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

### Etymology 2

Unknown. Compare Proto-Celtic *-ī (genitive singular ending). Displaced Proto-Italic -osjo (See Proto-Italic *-os.), which was descended from Proto-Indo-European -osyo. (See Proto-Indo-European *-os.)

#### Suffix

-ī
* genitive/locative singular of -us for second-declension nouns.
* genitive masculine/neuter singular of -us for for first/second-declension adjectives.
* (uncommon) genitive feminine singular of -us for for first/second-declension adjectives.

### Etymology 3

From the pronominal declension. Displaced -es except in the third declension.

#### Suffix

-ī
* nominative/vocative plural of -us for most second-declension nouns.
* nominative/vocative masculine plural of -us for first/second-declension adjectives.

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

-ī
* dative/ablative singular of -ēs

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Suffix

-ī
* dative singular of -s
* ablative neuter singular of -s

### References

* ↑ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261

## Lepontic
### Suffix

-i
* Romanization of -𐌉

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ja. Cognates include Finnish -ja and Estonian -ja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-i/

### Suffix

-i
* Used to form agent nouns from verbs; -er

#### Declension

| back vowel harmonic | front vowel harmonic |
| Declension of -i (Type 19/lugii, no gradation) singular plural nominative -i -jat genitive -jan -join, -jiin partitive -jua -joi, -jii illative -jah -joih, -jiih inessive -jas -jois, -jiis elative -jaspäi -joispäi, -jiispäi allative -jale -joile, -jiile adessive -jal -joil, -jiil ablative -jalpäi -joilpäi, -jiilpäi translative -jakse -joikse, -jiikse essive -jannu -joinnu, -jiinnu abessive -jattah -joittah, -jiittah comitative -janke -joinke, -jiinke instructive -join, -jiin prolative -jači | Declension of -i (Type 20/keittäi, no gradation) singular plural nominative -i -jät genitive -jän -jöin, -jiin partitive -jiä -jöi, -jii illative -jäh -jöih, -jiih inessive -jäs -jöis, -jiis elative -jäspäi -jöispäi, -jiispäi allative -jäle -jöile, -jiile adessive -jäl -jöil, -jiil ablative -jälpäi -jöilpäi, -jiilpäi translative -jäkse -jöikse, -jiikse essive -jänny -jöinny, -jiinny abessive -jättäh -jöittäh, -jiittäh comitative -jänke -jöinke, -jiinke instructive -jöin, -jiin prolative -jäči |

#### Derived terms
## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* -y (after “hard” consonants)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-jь.

### Suffix

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

#### Derived terms
## Makasar
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i, from Proto-Austronesian *-i.

#### Suffix

-i
* suffix forming transitive verbs

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ia.

#### Pronoun

-i (absolutive enclitic)
* he, him, she, it, they, them (third person singular and plural)

#### See also
## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-i/
** (after a consonant) IPA: [-i]
** (etymology 1; after a vowel) IPA: [-ʔi]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i (local transitive suffix).

#### Suffix

-i (Jawi spelling ـي, active meng- -i, 3rd person passive di- -i)
* Gives a causitive meaning or a meaning of causing something to form imperative transitive verbs.
    ‎hamba (“slave”) + ‎-i → ‎hambai (“enslave”)
    ‎baik (“good”) + ‎-i → ‎baiki (“to make something good; to fix”)
* Gives a locative meaning, that is, of stating a locational element to imperative verbs.
    ‎tumpah (“to fall out”) + ‎-i → ‎tumpahi (“fall onto”)
    ‎dekat (“close, near”) + ‎-i → ‎dekati (“get closer or nearer to; to approach”)

##### Usage notes

* 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.

##### Synonyms

* (first sense, generally before an inanimate object, but not always) -kan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic nisba suffix ـِيّ (-iyy).

#### Suffix

-i (Jawi spelling ـي)
* Forms an adjective that is related to the base word.
    ‎abad (“century”) + ‎-i → ‎abadi (“eternal, everlasting”)
    ‎bahar (“sea”) + ‎-i → ‎bahari (“sea-related”)

##### Alternative forms

* -iah, -ni, -wi, -wiah

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English -ee, from Middle English -ee, -ē, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er.

#### Suffix

-i (Jawi spelling ـي)
* (unproductive) -ee.
    francaisi ― franchisee

### Further reading

* Hashim Haji Musa, Nik Safiah Karim, Farid M. Onn, & Abdul Hamid Mahmood. (2008). Tatabahasa dewan (Edisi Ketiga.). Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪ/

### Etymology 1

From Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy).

#### Suffix

-i m (feminine -ija, plural -in)
* a derivational suffix, chiefly creating adjectives from nouns

##### Usage notes

* Note that Romance adjectives in -i are treated differently and do not inflect.

##### Related terms

* -ijiet

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sicilian -i. Though -i is not used as a plural ending in Arabic, it was integrated fairly easily as a large number of broken plurals happen to end in this vowel, compare ‎tieqa → ‎twieqi, etc.

#### Suffix

-i
* a common plural suffix
** used in nouns and adjectives in -u
    ‎numru (“number”) + ‎-i → ‎numri (“numbers”)
    ‎illużorju (“illusory”) + ‎-i → ‎illużorji
** used in some nouns in -a, chiefly ones of Romance origin
    ‎frawla (“strawberry”) + ‎-i → ‎frawli (“strawberries”)
    ‎qawsalla (“rainbow”) + ‎-i → ‎qawsalli (“rainbows”)
** used in some nouns and adjectives in a consonant, chiefly ones of Romance origin
    ‎frisk (“fresh”) + ‎-i → ‎friski

##### Usage notes

* Adjectives in -iku change to -iċi: ‎demokratiku (“democratic”) → ‎demokratiċi.

#### See also

* -ejn
* -ijiet
* -in
* -iet

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Suffix

-i
* Alternative form of -y.

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-i
* Alternative form of -yf

## Mokilese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-i/

### Suffix

-i
* Used to form transitive verbs from intransitive verbs or nouns

#### Derived terms
## Namuyi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-i˧]

### Suffix

-i
* Used to give the prospective aspect to verbs

#### Derived terms
### References

* Štěpán Pavlík (2017) The Description of Namuzi Language‎, Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 49

## Norman
### Etymology

From Latin -īre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of fourth conjugation verbs.

### Suffix

-i
* (Jersey) A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

#### Derived terms
## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈ-i/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *-jē. Cognate with Finnish -ja.

#### Suffix

-i (with odd-syllable stems -eaddji)
* Forms agent nouns from verbs.

##### Usage notes

* This suffix triggers the strongest grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
When attached to verbs in -ut, the suffix becomes -u.

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Samic *-jëj.

#### Suffix

-i
* Forms adjectives indicating an abundance of something.
    ‎geađgi (“stone”) + ‎-i → ‎geađgái (“stony”)
    ‎vuodja (“fat”) + ‎-i → ‎vuddjii (“rich in fat”)

##### Usage notes

* This suffix triggers the strongest grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Phonologically, the suffix is actually the consonant j, and so it forms a diphthong with the final vowel of the base word's stem rather than replacing that vowel. Thus, the resulting word is essentially identical to the illative singular form. The noun declines as a contracted stem, with the inflectional stem lacking the -i.

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Suffix

-i
* The ending of the illative singular case.

##### Usage notes

* This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
When possessive suffixes are attached, the suffix changes to the form -s- (for even-syllable stems) or -sa- (for odd-syllable stems).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Suffix

-i
* (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.

## Ojibwe
### Final

-i
* be such a number, such an amount

#### Derived terms

* dashi

### Final

-i
* occurs after initials to form animate intransitive verbs (vai)

#### Derived terms

* niibawi

### Final

-i
* occurs in inanimate intransitive verbs (vii)

#### Derived terms

* dagwaagin

### Final

-i
* occurs in some uninflected words, including preverbs

#### Derived terms

* ingoji
* onji-

### References

* The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/i-final-644943
* The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/i-final-644942
* The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/i-final-644856
* The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/word-part/i-final-654844
* The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/i-final-3a8bda4a-247f-4fae-96ad-c8054d2a5525

## Old High German
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *-ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.

#### Suffix

-ī
* productive suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives
    ‎manag (“many”) + ‎-i → ‎menigī, managī (“crowd, amount”)
    ‎tiuf (“deep”) + ‎-i → ‎tiufī (“depth”)
    ‎finstar (“dark”) + ‎-i → ‎finstrī, finstarī (“darkness”)
    ‎hōh (“high”) + ‎-i → ‎hōhī (“height”)
    ‎lang (“long”) + ‎-i → ‎lengī (“length”)
    ‎breit (“broad”) + ‎-i → ‎breitī (“breadth”)

##### Descendants

* Middle High German: -e
** German: -e

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-īniz. Cognate to Gothic -𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (-eins).

#### Suffix

-ī
* non-productive suffix used to form action nouns from weak verbs
    ‎toufen (“to baptise”) + ‎-i → ‎toufī (“baptism”)
    ‎wellen (“to choose”) + ‎-i → ‎welī (“choice”)

##### Usage notes

In Old High German, this suffix is neither frequent nor productive. Many weak verbs have action nouns with -unga instead.

##### Declension

Female n-declension

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Suffix

-i (suffixed pronoun)
* him
* it (object pronoun)

#### Usage notes

This suffix is used only after third-person singular forms. After 1st person singular forms in -(e)a, 1st person plural forms in -mi, and 3rd person plural forms in -(a)it, the suffix -it is sometimes used.

#### Derived terms
### See also

$^L$ means this form triggers lenition. $^N$ means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis) $^{(N)}$ means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *-į̄, cognate with Gothic -𐌴𐌹 (-ei).

#### Suffix

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

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-ô, cognate with Gothic -𐌰 (-a).

#### Suffix

-i m
* forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade form of the base
    Synonyms: -andi, -ari, -ir

##### Derived terms
## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьjь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /iː/
* IPA: (15th CE) /i/

### Suffix

-i
* forms adjectives from nouns, usually possessive

#### Descendants

* Polish: -i

## Phalura
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-i/

### Suffix

-i
* Feminine agreement suffix

### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “-i”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
* Homophones: i, -i-

### Suffix

-i m
* forms masculine adjectives meaning "belonging to", especially for animals
    ‎koza + ‎-i → ‎kozi
    ‎kot + ‎-i → ‎koci
    ‎pies + ‎-i → ‎psi
* forms masculine adjectives derived from prepositional phrases
    ‎noga + ‎-i → ‎beznogi

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* -i in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Suffix

-i
* a suffix indicating the inflection of -ir:
** first-person singular preterite indicative
** second-person plural imperative

#### Related terms

* -ei (affirmative imperative for 2nd-conjugation verbs)
* -ai (affirmative imperative for 1st-conjugation verbs and negative imperative for 3rd-conjugation verbs)

## Romani
### Suffix

-i
* 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

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʲ/, /j/, /i/

#### Suffix

-i
* Used to form plurals

##### Usage notes

* This form of the plural is indefinite, and used for masculine nouns in the nominative/accusative and genitive/dative cases, regardless of singular form. The suffix may cause phonetic changes or vowel deletion (or both):
* ‎lup + ‎-i → ‎lupi
* ‎tată + ‎-i → ‎tați
* ‎fiu + ‎-i → ‎fii
* ‎frate + ‎-i → ‎frați

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /j/, /i/

#### Suffix

-i m
* (definite article) the (masculine plural, nominative and accusative)

##### Usage notes

This form of the definite article is used for masculine plural nouns in the nominative and accusative cases (as attached to the indefinite plural, which always ends in a vowel):
* ‎lupi + ‎-i → ‎lupii
* ‎tați + ‎-i → ‎tații
* ‎fii + ‎-i → ‎fiii
* ‎frați + ‎-i → ‎frații
* ‎copii + ‎-i → ‎copiii
The suffix is also used with masculine and neuter singular plural adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies.

##### Related terms

* -l (masculine/neuter singular nominative and accusative)
* -a (feminine singular nominative and accusative)
* -le (feminine plural nominative and accusative)
* -lui (masculine/neuter singular genitive and dative)
* -ei (feminine singular genitive and dative)
* -lor (plural genitive and dative)

### Etymology 3

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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

#### Suffix

-i
* A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

##### Usage notes

* Most verbs with infinitives in -i are marked by the once-inchoative infix -esc- in many parts of their conjugation, as well as in various derived words; two such verbs are vorbi (“to say”) and iubi (“to love”).
* A sizable group of verbs have infinitives in -i but do not use the infix -esc-, and are otherwise fairly regular; these include, among others, the common verb dormi (“sleep”), simți (“feel”), auzi (“hear”).
* There is a variant form, -î, derived from the same Latin source.

##### Derived terms
#### See also

* -ea
* -î
* -e
* -a

### Etymology 4

From e (“is”).

#### Suffix

-i
* is

##### Derived terms
## Skolt Sami
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *-jē.

#### Suffix

-i
* Forms agent nouns from verbs.

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Samic *-jëj.

#### Suffix

-i
* Forms adjectives indicating an abundance of something.

##### Usage notes

Phonologically, the suffix is actually the consonant j, and so it forms a diphthong with the final vowel of the base word's stem rather than replacing that vowel.

##### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

##### Derived terms
## Swahili
### Etymology 1
#### Suffix

-i
* (without TAM infix) general negative marker
    sijui ― I don't know
** 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎, translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 11:مُيُ وَاغُ نِنِ هُزُدُكَانِ ، لِكُغُرِيِلُ هِيْلَ نِنْنِ ،Moyo wangu nini huzundukani, likughuriyelo hela ni-n'ni?Soul, why not awake? Hi! what is it that cheats you?

##### Usage notes

Borrowed verbs with indicative form not ending in -a do not take this suffix.

#### See also

* Initial
** Positive infinitive: ku-/kw-$^1$
** Negative infinitive: kuto-
** Habitual: hu-$^1$
** Telegrammic: ka-$^1$
* Final
** General (positive indicative): -a
** Positive subjunctive: -e
** Negative present: -i
** Second person plural: -ni
* Infix position positive subject concord
** Positive past: -li-
** Positive present: -na-
** Positive future: -ta-
** Negative subjunctive: -si-$^1$
** Positive present conditional: -nge-
** Negative present conditional: -singe-
** Positive past conditional: -ngali-
** Negative past conditional: -singali-
** Gnomic: -a-$^1$
** Perfect: -me-
** "Already" past: -lisha-
** "Already" present: -mesha-/-sha-
** "If/When": -ki-$^1$
** "If not": -sipo-
** Consecutive: -ka-$^1$
* Infix position negative subject concord
** Negative past: -ku-$^1$
** Negative future: -ta-
** "Not yet": -ja-$^1$
** Negative present conditional: -nge-
** Negative past conditional: -ngali-
* Relative
** Past: -li-
** Present: -na-
** Future: -taka-
** Negative: -si-
$^1$ Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-/-kw- in monosyllabic verbs.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ì.

#### Alternative forms

* (after a vowel) -zi

#### Suffix

-i
* (often with spirantization of the preceding consonant) suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix
    ‎-penda (“to love”) + ‎-i → ‎mpenzi (“lover”)
    ‎-andika (“to write”) + ‎-i → ‎maandishi (“writing, script”)

#### See also
## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiː/

### Suffix

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

#### Derived terms
## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* -e — colloquial

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /i/ [ɪ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: -i

### Suffix

-i (verb-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜒ) (Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque)
* imperative suffix, usually equals to "-in/-an mo" in Standard Tagalog and other dialects
    Buksi yung pinto!Open the door!

#### Derived terms

* Category Tagalog terms suffixed with -i not found

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* (senses 1, 2, 3, and 6) IPA: [i]
* (senses 4 and 5) IPA: [iː]

### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ـی (-i), from Proto-Turkic *-ni (“accusative suffix”).

#### Suffix

-i
* Accusative suffix
    ‎gelin + ‎-i → ‎gelini

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـی (-i), from Proto-Turkic *-si (“third-person singular possessive suffix”).

#### Suffix

-i
* Third-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession.
    ‎ev (“house”) + ‎-i → ‎evi (“his/her/its house”)
    ‎ofis (“office”) + ‎-i → ‎ofisi (“his/her/its office”)

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 3

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـی (-i), from Proto-Turkic *-ig.

#### Suffix

-i
* Suffix creating nouns from verbs
    ‎ver- (“to give”) + ‎-i → ‎veri (“datum”)
    ‎diz- (“to align”) + ‎-i → ‎dizi (“sequence, set, series”)

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 4

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـی (-î), from Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy).

#### Alternative forms

* -î

#### Suffix

-i
* Nisba suffix; creates adjectives.

##### Usage notes

* The alternative form -î is used when the resulting adjective would otherwise be identical to the definite accusative form (e.g. ‎resim (“picture”) + ‎-î → ‎resmî (“official, formal”), not resmi, which is the definite accusative form of the same noun).

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 5

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـی (-i), from Persian ـی.

#### Suffix

-i
* Suffix creating abstract nouns from nouns or adjectives

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 6

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـِ (-i), from Classical Persian ـِ (-i).

#### Suffix

-i
* the ezafe particle

### Further reading

* https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/ek/%2B%C4%AB

## Uzbek
### Suffix

-i
* third-person singular possessive suffix, used after a noun ending in a consonant; also used to form definite accusative forms of nouns
    Bu kitobi.This is its book.

## Veps
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-ja.

#### Suffix

-i
* -er; forms agent nouns from verbs.

##### Usage notes

When attached to a verb with a stem in -e-, this becomes -ii.

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

Adjectival/participal use of the agent noun suffix above.

#### Suffix

-i
* -ing; forms the present active participle of verbs.

##### Usage notes

When attached to a verb with a stem in -e-, this becomes -ii.

##### Derived terms
## Volapük
### Suffix

-i
* A morpheme used to mark the accusative singular of a word (such as a noun or pronoun).
    Dog beiton mani. / Mani beiton dogThe dog bites the man.
    Mot löfof omi. / Omi löfof mot. (a.s., hicili, soni, u higaaporn).The mother loves him. (e.g. the (male) child, son, or (male) lovebird).

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *-i, from Proto-Celtic *-esa, plural ending of neuter s-stems like *tegos (“house”) (whence Welsh tŷ, plural tai < *tegos, plural *tegesa). Cognate with Cornish -i.

#### Suffix

-i
* Pluralisation suffix
    Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys
    ‎plwyf (“parish”) + ‎-i → ‎plwyfi (“parishes”)
    ‎maen (“stone”) + ‎-i → ‎meini (“stones”)
    ‎toiled (“toilet”) + ‎-i → ‎toiledi (“toilets”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Welsh -im, from Proto-Brythonic *-iβ̃.

#### Suffix

-i
* Forms verbnouns from verb stems.
    Synonyms: -o, -u

##### Usage notes

This suffix is mostly used for verbs where the stem ends in the consonant w (though for some such verbs, such as cadw, the verbnoun is given by the stem without a suffix) or the vowel in the last syllable is o, oe, or sometimes a.

### Etymology 3
#### Suffix

-i
* forming abstract nouns, -ness, -ment
    ‎diog (“lazy”) + ‎-i → ‎diogi (“laziness”)
    ‎truan (“poor, wretched”) + ‎-i → ‎trueni (“pity, shame”)
    ‎tlawd (“poor”) + ‎-i → ‎tlodi (“poverty”)

##### Usage notes

-i causes i-affection of internal vowels.

### Etymology 4
#### Suffix

-i
* used to form pet names
    ‎Wil + ‎-i → ‎Wili
    ‎Siân + ‎-i → ‎Siani
    ‎mam (“mother, mum”) + ‎-i → ‎mami (“mummy”)

### Etymology 5
#### Suffix

-i
* (literary) verb suffix for the second-person singular present indicative/future
* (colloquial) verb suffix for the second-person singular future

##### Usage notes

In the literary language, -i causes i-affection of internal vowels, for example, ‎canu (“to sing”) + ‎-i → ‎ceni (“you sing, you will sing”).

##### Derived terms
#### References

* ↑ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 393
* ↑ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 202 v.

## Ye'kwana
### Etymology 1

Unknown; unlike the other possessive suffixes found in the language, -i has no known cognates in any other Cariban language.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-i]

#### Suffix

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

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* -∅ (allophone after diphthongal i)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-i]

#### Suffix

-i
* 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

##### Usage notes

This suffix does not cause syllable reduction. When it attaches to a stem that ends in a vowel followed by i, this suffix is unrealized (disappears).
The second sense can be readily distinguished from the first because it requires the distant-past third-person marker kün- instead of ordinary person markers.

##### Derived terms

* -icho

### Etymology 3

Possibly of the same origin as the previous suffix.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-i]

#### Suffix

-i
* forms the prohibitive mood

##### Usage notes

When the patient/object of a verb with this suffix is third-person, or when the object/patient is first-person and the subject/agent is second-person, it must also take the prefix ön- (or one of its allomorphs) after the person marker. However, this prefix is not found when the object/patient is first-person and the subject/agent is third-person.

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-i]

#### Suffix

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

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-i”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 112–113, 204–206, 213–222, 233, 440

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ì.

### Suffix

-i
* Forms agent nouns from verbs.

#### Usage notes

The suffix replaces the -a inherent in the verb stem.