eis
FromMiddle Dutcheisch,eesch,heesch,eysch. Ultimately from the root ofeisen(“to claim, demand”).
eis m (pluraleisen,diminutiveeisje n)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
eis
FromGermanEis (German key notation).
eis
Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.
Inflection ofeis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | eis | eisit | |
genitive | eisin | eisien | |
partitive | eisiä | eisejä | |
illative | eisiin | eiseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | eis | eisit | |
accusative | nom. | eis | eisit |
gen. | eisin | ||
genitive | eisin | eisien | |
partitive | eisiä | eisejä | |
inessive | eisissä | eiseissä | |
elative | eisistä | eiseistä | |
illative | eisiin | eiseihin | |
adessive | eisillä | eiseillä | |
ablative | eisiltä | eiseiltä | |
allative | eisille | eiseille | |
essive | eisinä | eiseinä | |
translative | eisiksi | eiseiksi | |
abessive | eisittä | eiseittä | |
instructive | — | eisein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseei, fromArabicهَا(hā,dialectallyhê). For the-s, cf. Portugueseeis and obsolete Spanishheis.
eis
This word can contract with articles and pronouns.
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FromMiddle High German andOld High Germanuns, fromProto-Germanic*uns.
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nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||||
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stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||||||
singular | 1st person | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | |||
2nd person | informal | du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | |||
formal | Dir | Der | Iech | Iech[əɕ] | Iech | Iech[əɕ] | Iech | ||||
3rd person | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |||
f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||||
n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||||
plural | 1st person | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | |||
2nd person | dir | der | iech | iech[əɕ] | iech | iech[əɕ] | iech | ||||
3rd person | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech |
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nominative / accusative | dative | ||||||||||
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singularpossessum | plural possessum | singularpossessum | plural possessum | ||||||||
m | f | n | m | f | n | ||||||
singular possessor | 1st person | mäin | meng | mäin | meng | mengem | menger | mengem | mengen | ||
2nd person | informal | däin | deng | däin | deng | dengem | denger | dengem | dengen | ||
formal | Ären | Är | Äert | Är | Ärem | Ärer | Ärem | Ären | |||
3rd person | m orn | säin | seng | säin | seng | sengem | senger | sengem | sengen | ||
f | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren | |||
plural possessor | 1st person | eisen | eis | eist | eis | eisem | eiser | eisem | eisen | ||
2nd person | ären | är | äert | är | ärem | ärer | ärem | ären | |||
3rd person | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren |
eis
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseei, fromArabicهَا(hā,dialectallyhê). CompareGalicianeis,Spanishhe.
The-s may reflect the reanalysis ofei as a verb form, which could then be pluralized (see-eis). Cf. the obsolete Spanishheis.
eis (notcomparable)
For quotations using this term, seeCitations:eis.