FromLatin -i-
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( in coiningneologisms ) Avowel insertedinterconsonantally betweenmorphemes of Latinate origin in order to ease pronunciation (ananaptyxis , alinking vowel ).TheConcise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition] lists-i- as an entry. The initial vowel ofprimate .
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( pharmacology ) monoclonal antibody derived from a non-human primate source.-mab USP Dictionary of USAN and International Drug Names, U.S. Pharmacopeia, 2000A word-internal spelling variant of a word-finaly .
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A spelling variant of a word-final-y vowel when followed by a suffix that does not begin with ani , for example-ied -ier -iest happiness happy -ness penniless penny -less beautiful beauty -ful In compound words, a spelling variant of a final or suffixed-y pantiliner panty liner dutibound duty bound This convention applies to any finaly vowel, not just to the suffix-y . It does not apply todigraph vowels ending iny and followed by a suffix-s lay →lays (cf.laid ,lain ), nor to a single-lettery vowel before a suffix such as-ing that begin with ani , for examplespying (cf.spies, spied ). There is no pattern predicting when the spelling change happens; for example,penniless pennyless , butbabiless -i-
connecting two parts of some compound words konipas kůň -i- pást FromProto-Finnic *-i- Proto-Uralic *-j
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Plural marker innominal forms, except innominative case, in which it is-t talossa - taloi ssa ―in the house - in the houses if the plural indicator is between two vowels it becomes-j- talon - taloj en ―of the house - of the houses FromProto-Finnic *-i- Proto-Uralic *-j
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Past tense marker in verbs. katson - katsoi n ―I watch - I watched From thereduction of several historical unstressed short stem vowels during the Old Latin period. The reduced vowel was later reinterpreted as part of various suffixes.
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Connectingvowel inserted between astem and asuffix or other appended words incompound words . IPA (key ) : [ʲ] ( realized on the following consonant ) Palatalization of a word-final consonant or consonant cluster is indicated by the insertion of an orthographic⟨ i ⟩ before the letter(s) representing the consonant(s).
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Creates i-stem adjectives from prefixed bases. so- ( “ good ” ) + nert ( “ strength ” ) + -i- → sonairt ( “ strong ” , literally“ (with) good strength ” ) dí- folud -i- → deolaid ( “ gratuitous ” ) ess- ( privative prefix ) + ómun ( “ fear ” ) + -i- → esamain ( “ fearless ” ) Marks various inflections, including: the genitive singular of masculine and neutero -stem nouns ando/ā - andu -stem adjectives the vocative singular and nominative plural of masculineo -stem nouns ando/ā -stem adjectives the accusative and dative singular of feminineā -stem nouns ando/ā - andu -stem adjectives the nominative, vocative and accusative dual of feminineā -stem nouns the accusative and dative singular; nominative, vocative and accusative dual; and nominative plural of masculine and feminine consonant-stem nouns the dative singular of neuter consonant-stem nouns the third-person singular absolute and conjunct of suffixless preterite active verb forms the third-person singular absolute of presents -subjunctive active verb forms Inherited fromProto-Slavic *-i-
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used in forming certain compounds Inherited fromOld Polish -i-
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used in forming certain compounds łamać strajk łamistrajk -i- in Polish dictionaries at PWN-i-
forms compounds -i-
it ,them ;mi class(IV) /n class(IX) object concord
