Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

-ui

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

Latin

Etymology

As the nominative and vocative plural ending for the second declension suffix -uus, unknown, but displaced Proto-Italic *-wosjo, genitive singular of *-wos. As the dative singular for fourth declension nouns, from Proto-Italic *-owei, dative singular of *-us.

Suffix

-uī

  1. inflection of -uus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular (second declension)
  2. dative masculine/feminine singular of -us (fourth declension)

Usage notes

This ending is no longer used for neuter nouns in the fourth declension, being ousted by , which now occupies all endings in the singular of neuter nouns except the genitive singular, which has -ūs. The fourth declension is the only declension group to have different dative singular forms between neuter nouns and non-neuter nouns.

Remove ads

Lepontic

Suffix

-ui

  1. romanization of -𐌖𐌉

Romanian

Etymology 1

Probably from Latin -uneus, cf. -eus.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ui m or n (feminine singular -uie, plural -ui)

  1. Forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, especially relating to color, and often with the meaning of -ish.
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Modelled after Proto-Slavic *-ovati.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ui

  1. Forms verbs.
Derived terms
Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads