-i-

Etymology 1

From Latin -i-.

Etymology 2

The initial vowel of primate.

Etymology 3

A word-internal spelling variant of a word-final y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ɪ ]

Interfix

-i-

1. connecting two parts of some compound words

   konipas (kůň +‎ -i- +‎ pást)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-i-, from Proto-Uralic *-j (oblique plural marker).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-i-, from Proto-Uralic *-j (past tense marker).

Etymology

From the reduction of several historical unstressed short stem vowels during the Old Latin period. The reduced vowel was later reinterpreted as part of various suffixes.

Interfix

-i-

1. Connecting vowel inserted between a stem and a suffix or other appended words in compound words.

Pronunciation

• 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).

Simulfix

-i-

1. 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”)

2. Marks various inflections, including:
   1. the genitive singular of masculine and neuter o-stem nouns and o/ā- and u-stem adjectives
   2. the vocative singular and nominative plural of masculine o-stem nouns and o/ā-stem adjectives
   3. the accusative and dative singular of feminine ā-stem nouns and o/ā- and u-stem adjectives
   4. the nominative, vocative and accusative dual of feminine ā-stem nouns
   5. the accusative and dative singular; nominative, vocative and accusative dual; and nominative plural of masculine and feminine consonant-stem nouns
   6. the dative singular of neuter consonant-stem nouns
   7. the third-person singular absolute and conjunct of suffixless preterite active verb forms
   8. the third-person singular absolute of present s-subjunctive active verb forms

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 345, page 219; reprinted 2017

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-i-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /i/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /i/

Interfix

-i-

1. used in forming certain compounds

Alternative forms

• -y-

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -i-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
• Homophones: i, -i

Interfix

-i-

1. used in forming certain compounds

   łamać + strajk → łamistrajk

Further reading

• -i- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Interfix

-i-

1. forms compounds

Infix

-i-

1. it, them; mi class_(IV)/n class_(IX) object concord