-i

短语
FREQ #17829

发音

其它 /aɪ/
/iː/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to form adjectives, nouns, demonyms (describing people of a particular city, region or country) or genonyms (describing people of a particular tribe, clan or family) and the language spoken by these people.

    Hindustan + -i → Hindustani

    Hind + -i → Hindi

    Iran + -i → Irani

    Iraq + -i → Iraqi

    Israel + -i → Israeli

    Awadh + -i → Awadhi

    Kannauj + -i → Kannauji

    Pakistan + -i → Pakistani

    Pak + -i → Paki

    Afghan + -i → Afghani

    Bihar + -i → Bihari

    Bengal + -i → Bengali

    Punjab + -i → Punjabi

    Chenab + -i → Chenabi

    Kashmir + -i → Kashmiri

    Sindh + -i → Sindhi

    Rajasthan + -i → Rajasthani

    Marwar + -i → Marwari

    Gujarat + -i → Gujarati

    Nepal + -i → Nepali

    Kabul + -i → Kabuli

    Baghdad + -i → Baghdadi

  2. 1.

    Forms an alternative plural ending for various words borrowed from Latin that end in ⟨us⟩ in the singular.

    focus + -i → foci

    radius + -i → radii

  3. 1.

    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

  4. 1.

    Used to form diminutives of given names.

    Becki, Benji, Jimmi, Lexi, Nicki, Sammi, Sandi, Trini, Vicki

词源

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

来源：wiktionary