-e

See also: -ę and Appendix:Variations of "e"

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English

Etymology

From archaic forms ending in e, from Middle English -e, from the coalescence of multiple various endings from Old English.

Pronunciation

Silent.

For humorous effect, sometimes pronounced as if reading the name of the letter e: IPA^(key): /-i/.

Suffix

-e

1. Used for archaizing.
   • 1993, “10-13. Kenosha”, in Wisconsin Annual Events, page 38:

     YE OLDE ENGLISHE CHRISTMASSE FEASTE: Nine course authentic Renaissance festival banquet.

   • 1996, Jon Orwant, Perl 5 Interactive Course, →ISBN, page 679:

     Ye Olde Webbe page / Whither thou goest, there thou be.

   • 1999 June 14, Tina Clarke, “Re: How to make LINKS open in new Browser Window?”, in microsoft.public.frontpage.client (Usenet), message-ID <7k1f5j$607$[e-mail]>:

     Go on tell what prob your having at the mo with ye olde computere! You don't get this crusty without one...do u?

   • 2002, Bruce Balfour, The Forge of Mars, Berkeley Publishing Group, →ISBN:

     “Yes. It’s an English pub called Ye Olde Meate Markete. […]”

Usage notes

Usually all words of the noun phrase are suffixed, unless the word already ends in e (e.g. smalle quainte towne for "small quaint town"). Commonly used with ye olde and other archaic terms. The consonant at the end of the word is often doubled if it is preceded by a historically short vowel, according to the rules of English spelling (e.g. hogge for "hog", bidde for "bid", etc.).

Derived terms

• Englishe
• olde, ye olde
• shoppe

English terms suffixed with -e

Olde English Bulldogge

See also

• -eth

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -on, from Proto-West Germanic *-ōn.

Suffix

-e

1. The plural ending of many nouns.

Usage notes

• As a rule of thumb, -e is used in nouns with final stress and -s otherwise. However, a certain number of inherited nouns deviate (in either direction) and newer loanwords often take -s even after final stress. Small irregular classes are plurals in -ere, -ers, and -ens.
• A rather large number of plurals in -e show phonetic pecularities such as the following:
  • A short stem vowel may be lengthened: ‎skip (“ship”) + ‎-e → ‎skepe.
  • Final -d- may be replaced with -i-: ‎pad (“path”) + ‎-e → ‎paaie.
  • Final -g- may be lost: ‎dag (“day”) + ‎-e → ‎dae.
  • An underlying final -t- may resurface: ‎nag (“night”) + ‎-e → ‎nagte.

Etymology 2

From Dutch -e.

Suffix

-e

1. The attributive ending of many adjectives.

Usage notes

• As a rule of thumb, -e is used in polysyllabic adjectives except those ending in -er (including comparatives) and in monosyllabic adjectives that end in -f, -d, -s, -g, while others remain unchanged. However, there are various exceptions to this distribution. Several adjectives also allow both forms, sometimes with a tendency towards semantic distinction. For example, one usually says ’n ryk man (“a rich man”, literally), but ’n ryke kultuur (“a rich culture”, figuratively).
• All adjectives, including normally uninflected ones, do take -e when they are used independently, that is without the referent noun following: ’n arm land en ’n ryke (“a poor country and a rich one”). In such cases, the adjective also inflects for number: arm lande en rykes (“poor countries and rich ones”).
• In the formation of the attributive form, irregularities similar to those described in etymology 1 above may occur, with the exception that vowel lengthening is not found in adjectives.

Ahtna

Etymology 1

Postposition

-e

1. against

Inflection

Forms of -e

	singular	plural
1st person	se	neʼe
2nd person	ne	nhwe
3rd person	be, ye	xe, kuʼe
Reflexive	de	hde
Indefinite	cʼe
Areal	ke
Reciprocal	niłʼe

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 35

Etymology 2

Suffix

-e

2. forms adverbs

Derived terms

Ahtna terms suffixed with -e (adverbial)

dzaene

hwtʼaene

saene

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 66

Etymology 3

Suffix

-e

2. a negative suffix applied to verb stems; may also carry a pejorative meaning

Derived terms

Ahtna terms suffixed with -e (negative)

ggaede

kole

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 635