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See also: ꟾ and Appendix:Variations of "i"
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I U+0049, I
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
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[U+0048] 		Basic Latin J →
[U+004A]
Character variations
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Ⅰ U+2160, Ⅰ
ROMAN NUMERAL ONE
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Ｉ U+FF29, Ｉ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
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[U+FF28] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｊ →
[U+FF2A]
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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

From the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, iota), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, yod), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

Letter

I (lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

I (lower case ı)

  1. The letter i without a dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.
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Symbol

I

  1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for iodine.
  2. (physics) Isotopic spin.
  3. (license plate codes) Italy
  4. (physics, electronics) Electrical current.
  5. (physics, kinematics) moment of inertia.
  7. January.
    Comeronyms: II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VI, vi, 6; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XI, xi, 11; XII, xii, 12
  8. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for isoleucine
  9. (mathematics, linear algebra) identity matrix
  10. (mathematical analysis, topology) the (closed) unit interval; [0, 1]
  11. (inorganic chemistry) Specifying an oxidation state of 1
  12. (music) major tonic triad
  13. (linguistics) A wildcard for a front vowel or a high vowel
    synonyms: E for a front vowel, Ɨ for a high vowel
  14. (actuarial notation) arithmetically increasing payments
  15. (clothing) Bra cup size.
  16. The symbol in bases higher than eighteen for the number expressed as 18 in decimal.

Etymology 2

    Numeral

    I (upper case Roman numeral, lower case i)

    2. cardinal number one.
      Alternative forms: I, i, ⅰ
      • 2021 June 28, Homero De la Fuente, “NCAA takes big step toward allowing athletes to profit from name, image or likeness”, in CNN‎ (in English):
        In a major step, the NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to support an interim policy that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL) without violating NCAA rules until federal legislation or new NCAA rules are adopted.
    4. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the first.
      Alternative form: I.
      • 2020 July 9, Carlos E. Cué, Miguel González, “Sánchez plantea revisar la inviolabilidad del Rey en la Constitución”, in El País‎ (in Spanish), archived from the original on 10 July 2020:
        Sánchez agradeció públicamente el miércoles a la Casa Real que “marcara distancias” con esas informaciones “inquietantes y perturbadoras”, en alusión a la donación por parte de Juan Carlos I de 65 millones de dólares, supuestamente recibidos del rey de Arabia Saudí, a su examiga Corinna Larsen.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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    • Letter styles
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      Uppercase and lowercase versions of I, in normal and italic type
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      Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

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    English

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English I (also ik, ich), from Old English ih (also ic), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”).

    Cognate with Scots I, ik, A (“I”), Saterland Frisian iek (“I”), West Frisian ik (“I”), Dutch ik (“I”), Low German ik (“I”), German ich (“I”), Bavarian i (“I”), Yiddish איך (ikh, “I”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg (“I”), Swedish jag (“I”), Icelandic ég, eg (“I”), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik, “I”), and more remotely with Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Russian я (ja, “I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”), Northern Kurdish ez, Sanskrit अहम् (ahám, “I”), Hittite 𒌑𒊌 (ūk, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich.

    Capitalized since 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading and omission (due to cursive writing).

    Pronoun

    I (first person singular subject personal pronoun, objective me, possessive my, possessive pronoun mine, reflexive myself)

    1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
    2. (nonstandard) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
      Mom drove my sister and I to school.
    Usage notes
    • The word I is always capitalised in written English. Other forms of the pronoun, such as me and my, follow regular English capitalisation rules.
    • I is the subject (nominative) form, as opposed to me, which is the objective (accusative and dative) form. Me is also used emphatically, like French moi. In some cases there are differing views about which is preferred. For example, the traditional rule followed by some speakers is to use I as the complement of the copula (It is I), but it is now more usual to choose me in this context (It's me).
    • When used in lists, it is often thought better to refer to oneself last. Thus it is more natural to say John and I than I and John. In such lists, the traditional rule is to use the same case form one would choose if there were only one pronoun. Thus, since we say I am happy, we say John and I are happy, but since we say Jenny saw me, so we say Jenny saw John and me. However, one frequently hears John and me are happy, which is traditionally seen as a case error. Similarly, probably as a hypercorrected reaction to this, one can occasionally hear phrases like Jenny saw John and I.
    Synonyms
    Derived terms
    Translations
    See I/translations § Pronoun.
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    Noun

    I (countable and uncountable, plural I's)

    1. (metaphysics) The ego.
      Synonym: me
      • a. 1733, Thomas Boston, edited by [Thomas Boston the younger], Sermons and Discourses on Several Important Subjects in Divinity. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] William Gray, […], published 1753, page 333:
        They are called men, becauſe each of them poſſeſſeth the whole man, though not wholly. There are by their means two I’s in every believer, Rom. vii. 15. For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. There is not one part of the man that is in Chriſt, but grace has a part of it, and corruption has a part of it: as in the twilight there is light over all, and darkneſs over all too, the darkneſs being mixed in every part with the light. So my renewed part is I, a man having an underſtanding enlightened, a will renewed, affections ſpiritualized, uſing my body conform: but my unrenewed part is I too, having an underſtanding darkened, a will rebellious, affections corrupted, and uſing my body accordingly.
      • 1873, Henry Ward Beecher, “Paul”, in The Great Bible Renowns, page 45:
        In other words, he said: “I have two natures. I have a flesh nature, an outside nature, and that keeps sinning; and then I have another nature—an inside, a spiritual nature—and that does not like sinning; and with my heart-power, my conscience-power, my love-power, with the power of the divine element that is in me, I look and see what this body outside, which clothes me, is trying to do. And here are two I’s that are fighting. The inside I is arrayed against the outside I; and the outside has the advantage.”
      • 1916, S. A. Steel, “Down the James Long Ago—I”, in Christian Advocate, volume 77, page 1094, column 1:
        Am I a double personality? Are there two “I’s” in my anatomy—one a conscious “I,” giving attention to what I am doing, and another unconscious “I,” giving attention to something entirely different?
      • 1962, Arthur Osborne, editor, The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words, London: Rider & Company, published 1975, page 122:
        B. (smiling): Have you come to examine me? You must say who you are. / D.: However much I may try, I do not seem to catch the ‘I’. It is not even clearly discernible. / B.: Who is it that says that the ‘I’ is not discernible? Are there two ‘I’s in you, that one is not discernible to the other?
      • 2011, Michael Gluckman, Making Your Wisdom Come Alive: A Guide to the Source of Your Wisdom and Joy, Light Up Your Life, →ISBN:
        Who is it that says that ‘I’ is not perceptible? Is there an ignorant ‘I’ and an elusive ‘I’? Are there two ‘I’s in the same person? It is the mind that says that ‘I’ is not perceptible. Where is that mind from? Know the mind. You will find it a myth. / We all feel that there is only one I; not two, one ignorant of the other.
      • 2012, “Demiurge”, in Mårten Hagström (lyrics), Koloss, performed by Meshuggah, track 9:
        Sucking vomit, acting like its honey
        Deprived of I
        Falling while thrusting squares through circles
        Serving one single new dimension
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Old French i, from Latin ī, from Etruscan I (i).

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i, plural Is or I's)

    1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
    Derived terms
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    Number

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

    Etymology 3

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

    I (countable and uncountable, plural Is)

    1. (US, roadway) Interstate.
      I-95 begins at Houlton, Maine and terminates at Miami, Florida, connecting numerous major cities in the East Coast.
      • 2024 May 17, Orko Manna, “Toll lane project on Interstate 80 between West Sacramento and Davis gets green light”, in KCRA‎:
        Drivers like the idea of increasing traffic flow and reducing congestion on the portion of I-80 between Davis and West Sacramento.
    2. (grammar) Abbreviation of instrumental case.
    3. (computing) Abbreviation of instruction.
    4. (US politics) Abbreviation of independent.

    Etymology 4

    Interjection

    I

    1. Obsolete spelling of aye.

    References

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    Afar

    Letter

    I (lowercase i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Afrikaans

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Noun

    I (plural I's, diminutive I'tjie)

    1. I

    Angami

    Letter

    I

    1. The fifth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Azerbaijani

    Letter

    I upper case (lower case ı)

    1. The thirteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Basque

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Cameroon Pidgin

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    I

    1. I, 1st person singular subject personal pronoun

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    More information singular, plural ...
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    Catalan

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called i or i llatina and written in the Latin script.

    Derived terms

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    Central Franconian

    Etymology

    • For the origin of /e/, see E.
    • /i/ is from Middle High German i in open syllables; in Ripuarian from ī before velars.
    • /iː/ is from ī before non-velars in Ripuarian; from ē in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian; from ie, üe in southern Moselle Franconian; from æ (œ) in some dialects.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (short open) /e/, (short closed) /i/, (long) /iː/

    Letter

    I

    1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
    2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

    Usage notes

    • In the German-based spelling, /e/ is usually represented by E (see there).
    Use of the digraph IE
    • In the German-based spelling, long i is generally written ie except when the German cognate has /iː/ as well and spells it i. Either spelling may be used in the following cases:
      • when the German cognate has only one vowel letter: Kies, Kis (German Käse);
      • at the beginning of a word: ielig, ilig (German eilig).
    • In the Dutch-based spelling, both short /i/ and long /iː/ are generally written ie except when the Dutch cognate has /i/ and spells it i. The short vowel is optionally indicated in open syllables by doubling the following consonant: piemmele, piemele.
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    Central Mazahua

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (lower case i)

    1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

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    Chinese

    Pronunciation 1

    Note: Often realised as one syllable.

    Letter

    I

    1. The ninth letter of the Latin alphabet.

    Pronunciation 2

    Letter

    I

    1. The ninth letter used in Pinyin.
    Usage notes
    • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

    Chipewyan

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (lower case ı)

    1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    Danish

    FWOTD – 5 November 2015

    Etymology

    From Old East Norse *īʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Cognate with Swedish ni, Norwegian Nynorsk de, Faroese tær, and Icelandic þér.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    I (objective jer, possessive jeres)

    1. (personal) you, you all (second person plural)
      I må ikke gå derind!
      You can't go in there!
      • 2014, Diverse forfattere, Fire uger blev til fire år - og andre beretninger, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
        Og så er der forresten lidt mere med det samme: I må love os een ting. mor og far, I må ikke efterligne os unge! — For gør I det, ja, så kommer I til at se så morsomme ud. — I må ikke prøve på at løbe fra jeres alder, for det kan I alligevel ikke.
        And by the way, there's something else: You must promise us one thing, mum and dad, you may not imitate us young! — For if you do, you will look so funny. — you may not try to run way from your age, for you can't do that anyway.
      • 1981, Mogens Wolstrup, Vild hyben: danske forfattere skriver om jalousi
        Men det er ikke jeres skyld, siger Ditte. I er unge og kloge. I er grimme og fantastisk smukke. I har modet! I er på rette vej med jeres show. Jeg føler med jeres oprør, og måske derfor kunne jeg ikke klare mere. Jeres hud er glat, I er startet i tide.
        But it is not your fault, Ditte says. You are young and intelligent. You are ugly and amazingly beautiful. You have the courage! You are on the right path with your show. I feel with your rebellion, and perhaps for that reason, I couldn't take any more. Your skin is smooth, you started in time.
      • 2011, Per Ullidtz, Absalons Europa, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 229
        Og lidt senere ”I har hørt at det er sagt: øje for øje og tand for tand. Men jeg siger jer, at I må ikke sætte jer imod det onde; men dersom nogen giver dig et slag på din højre kind, da vend ham også den anden til! ...
        And a little later ”you have heard it said: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, you may not resist evil; but if anyone hits you on the right cheek, turn the other towards [whoever hit you]! ...

    Descendants

    • Norwegian Bokmål: I

    See also

    More information Number, Person ...

    References

    Dutch

    More information A user suggests that this Dutch entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “check if the audio is wrong”. ...

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (capital, lowercase i)

    1. the ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet

    See also

    • Previous letter: H
    • Next letter: J

    Esperanto

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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    Estonian

    Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia et

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

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    Finnish

    Etymology

    The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and I for information on the development of the glyph itself.

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

    Derived terms

    compounds

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    Noun

    I

    1. abbreviation of improbatur

    French

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    German

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the German alphabet.

    Derived terms

    Hungarian

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The fifteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

    Declension

    More information singular, plural ...
    More information possessor, single possession ...

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    Icelandic

    Letter

    I (lower case i)

    1. The eleventh letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Ido

    Letter

    I (lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Indonesian

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Irish

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    Derived terms

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    Italian

    Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Pronunciation

    • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈi/*
      • Rhymes: -i
      • Hyphenation: Ì
    • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /i/
    • (phonemic realization when followed by a vowel in the same syllable) IPA(key): /j/

    Letter

    I f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Italian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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    Japanese

    Romanization

    I

    1. Rōmaji transcription of い

    Kankanaey

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Tagalog I. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English I.

    Pronunciation

    • (letter name) IPA(key): /ʔaj/ [ʔai̯]
      • Rhymes: -aj
    • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʔi/ [ʔi̞]
      • Rhymes: -i
      • Syllabification: I

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called ay and written in the Latin script.

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    Kashubian

    Etymology

    The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and I for development of the glyph itself.

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The thirteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Latin

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the consonant /j/ and the vowels /i/ and /iː/

    Usage notes

    • Historical Latin texts did not distinguish the consonantal and vocalic readings of this letter orthographically. In modern texts and editions of older texts, the vowels are typically written ⟨I⟩ and ⟨Ī⟩ to distinguish them, and /j/ is sometimes written ⟨j⟩. For example, iūdex may be spelled jūdex.

    Symbol

    I

    1. A digit 1 (ūnus) in the decimal Roman numeral system. Originally a tally mark. It is iterated for multiples.

    Derived terms

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    Latvian

    Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia lv

    Etymology

    Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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    Malay

    Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ms

    Pronunciation

    • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ai̯]
    • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [i]
    • (Phoneme, Closed ultima) IPA(key): [e]

    Letter

    I

    1. The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Maltese

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The twelfth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Middle English

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, Proto-Germanic *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. More at English I.

    The loss of /t͡ʃ/ at first occurs in unstressed positions when the following word begins with a consonant. The pronunciation /iː/ results from restressing the unstressed pronunciation.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    I (accusative me, genitive min, genitive determiner mi, min)

    2. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
      • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
        Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien . ar þe coc him crowe.
        "Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows."
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 15:19, folio 51, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
        If ȝe hadden be of þe woꝛld .· þe woꝛld ſchulde loue þat þing þat was his / but foꝛ ȝe ben not of þe woꝛld · but I chees ȝou fro þe woꝛld .· þerfoꝛ þe woꝛld hatiþ ȝou
        If you had been of the world, the world would love that which is its [own]; so the world hates you, because you aren't of the world. Instead I picked you from the world.

    Usage notes

    • Capitalized since 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading.

    Descendants

    • English: I, ik (obsolete), ich (obsolete)
    • Geordie: aw
    • Scots: A, I, ik (rare)
    • Yola: ich

    See also

    More information nominative, accusative ...
    1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
    2 Early or dialectal.
    3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
    4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

    References

    Navajo

    Letter

    I (lower case i)

    1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Danish I, from Old East Norse *īʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Cognate with Swedish ni, Norwegian Nynorsk de, Faroese tær, and Icelandic þér.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    I (objective case jer or eder)

    1. (rare, archaic) ye: a second-person plural nominative pronoun
      Synonym: dere

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Latin I.

    Letter

    I (lower case i, definite singular I-en, indefinite plural I-ar, definite plural I-ane)

    1. The ninth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, called I and written in the Latin script.

    Etymology 2

    From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. The upper case spelling might be an orthographic influence from cognate English I, or as a means to differenciate from native preposition i (“in”).

    Alternative forms

    Pronoun

    I (objective me, possessive min)

    1. (dialectal) alternative form of eg (first person singular pronoun)

    Etymology 3

    Possibly through Danish I. From Old Norse ér, ír, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Compare with de. The upper case spelling might be explained either by its use as an honorific, or with its plausible Danish origins.

    Alternative forms

    Pronoun

    I (objective ær or ør or jærs, possessive ærs or ørs or jærs)

    1. (obsolete or dialectal, polite) you (second person singular)
    Derived terms

    References

    • “I” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
    • Torp, Alf (1919), “I”, in Nynorsk etymologisk ordbok (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Kristiania: Aschehoug, page 240
    • Ivar Aasen (1850), “i”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

    Anagrams

    Nupe

    Pronunciation

    • (phoneme): IPA(key): /i/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ĩ/

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The eleventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Polish

    Etymology

    The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and I for development of the glyph itself.

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The twelfth letter of the Polish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Portuguese

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Romani

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. (International Standard) The twelfth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    2. (Pan-Vlax) The thirteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

    Usage notes

    • Generally represents the phoneme /i/.
    • Before vowels, this letter usually takes on the sound of /j/
      ianuarie /ja.nuˈa.ri.e/
    • At the ends of words (except verb infinitives, and those ending in a consonant cluster ending in l or r), the letter palatalizes the previous syllable and is "whispered": /ʲ/
      băieți /bəˈjetsʲ/

    See also

    Saanich

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I

    1. The eleventh letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Scots

    Etymology 1

    Letter

    I

    1. The ninth letter of the Scots alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English I, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm.

    Pronoun

    I

    1. I

    See also

    More information personal pronoun, possessivepronoun ...

    References

    Scottish Gaelic

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by h and followed by l. Its traditional name is iodh (“yew”).

    See also

    Silesian

    Etymology

    The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and I for development of the glyph itself.

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The eleventh letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Skolt Sami

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (lower case i)

    1. The sixteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Slovene

    Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sl

    Etymology

    From Gaj's Latin alphabet I, from Czech alphabet I, from Latin I, from the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i, “i”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, iota), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, yod), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /ˈíː/, /ˈìː/, /ˈî/, /i/, [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈɪ̀ː], [ˈɪ̂], [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], [ˈɪ̂ː], [ˈɪ̌ː], SNPT: /ī/, /ȉ/, /i/
    • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /ˈiː/, /ˈi/, /i/, [ˈɪː], [ˈɪ], SNPT: /í/, /ì/, /i/

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    • (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], SNPT: [ī]
    • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈiː], SNPT: [í],
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    • Rhymes: -iː ([-í]) (non-tonal)
    • Hyphenation: i

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The tenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    2. The fifteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
    3. The eleventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

    Noun

    Ī m inan

    1. The name of the Latin script letter I / i.

    Declension

    • Overall more common
    More information First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent, -j- infix, nom. sing. ...
    • More common when with a definite adjective
    More information Third masculine declension (no endings) , fixed accent, nom. sing. ...
    • Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
    More information First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix, nom. sing. ...

    Derived terms

    See also

    Further reading

    • “I”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

    Somali

    Pronunciation

    • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɪ/, /i/
    • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʔɪ/

    Letter

    I upper case (lower case i)

    1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

    Usage notes

    • The twenty-fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by E and followed by O.

    See also

    Spanish

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. the ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet

    Adjective

    I

    1. abbreviation of ilustre
      La I municipalidad de Valparaíso.
      The illustrious municipality of Valparaíso.

    Swedish

    Etymology 1

    See the etymology at #Translingual.

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Swedish alphabet.

    Etymology 2

    From Old Swedish ī, īr, from Old Norse ír, variant of ér, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

    Alternative forms

    Pronoun

    I (personal pronoun)

    1. (archaic) ye (second-person plural nominative)
    Synonyms
    References
    • Lindström, Fredrik (2010), “Svårt att gissa arslets grundform [Hard to guess the lemma of arslet]”, in Språktidningen‎ (in Swedish), number 5, retrieved 14 July 2020

    Tagalog

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Spanish I. Each pronunciation has a different source:

    • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English I.
    • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜁ (i).
    • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish I.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog)
      • IPA(key): /ˈʔaj/ [ˈʔaɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
      • IPA(key): /ˈʔi/ [ˈʔɪ] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
        • Rhymes: -i
      • IPA(key): /ˈi/ [ˈɪ] (phoneme, stressed)
        • Rhymes: -i
      • IPA(key): /i/ [ɪ] (phoneme, unstressed)
        • Rhymes: -i
    • Syllabification: I

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ay and written in the Latin script.
    2. The eighth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called i and written in the Latin script.
    3. (historical) The tenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called i and written in the Latin script.
    See also

    Etymology 2

    Possibly short for ina (ni).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    I (Baybayin spelling ᜁ) (obsolete)

    1. mother of
      Nahaan si I Talina? ― Where is the mother of [Ca]talina?.
    Alternative forms
    See also

    Further reading

    • “I”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
    • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 350
    • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 402: “Madre) Y) de Iuan Pedro o de otro, ante pueſta eſta letra, vt. y ſico , madre de Francisſco, y Pero, madre de Pedro, y Pili, nahaan ſi y Talina? do eſta la madre de Catalina?”

    Turkish

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case ı)

    1. The eleventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ı and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Vietnamese

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔi˧˧], [ʔi˧˧ ŋan˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ŋaŋ˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ŋaŋ˦˥]
    • Phonetic spelling: i, i ngắn

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The twelfth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called i or i ngắn and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The thirteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called i or i dot and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by H and followed by J.

    See also

    Mutation

    • I cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word iwrch (“roe deer”):
    More information radical, soft ...

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “I”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

    Yoruba

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The tenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called í and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Zulu

    Letter

    I (upper case, lower case i)

    1. The ninth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

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