Meaning of ـی | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a, one; marks a noun phrase as indefinite or non-specific, especially in the literary language
   morpheme
2. Forms adjectives (often nominalizable ones) from nouns.
   morpheme
3. of or pertaining to
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4. Forms abstract nouns, including names of professions or offices, from adjectives, occupational nouns, or titles.
   morpheme
5. forms abstract nouns, from adjectives
   morpheme
6. Forms the habitual past from the preterite
   Classical-Persian, morpheme
7. marks the antecedent of a restrictive relative clause as definite
   morpheme
8. from or belonging to
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9. forms the name of a profession, and the place where it is practiced, from an occupational noun
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10. Forms the conditional past from the imperfect or preterite
    Classical-Persian, morpheme
11. able to, capable of being, deserved to be, determined to, and/or destined to
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12. forms the name of an office, from a title
    morpheme
13. Forms the conditional present from the subjunctive present
    Classical-Persian, morpheme
14. surnames (derived from previous senses)
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Examples

“سگی”

a dog

“ساختمانی که علی در آن زندگی میکند بزرگ است.”

The building where Ali lives is big.

“Contrast with:”

“آن ساختمان که علی در آن زندگی میکند بزرگ است.”

That building, where Ali lives, is big.

“خورشید (xoršid, “sun”) → خورشیدی (xoršidi, “solar”, adjective)”

“پسته (peste, “pistachio”) → پستهای (peste-i, “containing pistachio (adjective); pistachio green (adjective); pistachio green (noun)”)”

“پارس (pârs, “Pars / Fars”) → پارسی (pârsi, “Persian”, adjective, noun)”

“تهران (tehrân, “Tehran”) → تهرانی (tehrâni, “Tehrani”, adjective, noun)”

“آسیا (âsiyâ, “Asia”) → آسیایی (âsiyâyi, “Asian”, adjective, noun)”

“خوردن (xordan, “to eat”) → خوردنی (xordani, “edible (adjective); something edible (noun)”)”

“رفتن (raftan, “to go”) → رفتنی (raftani, “destined to leave”)”

“سلیمان (soleymân) → سلیمانی (soleymâni)”

“رضا (rezâ) → رضایی (rezâyi)”

“خامنه (xâmene) → خامنهای (xâmene-i)”

“بزرگ (bozorg, “big”) + ـی → بزرگی (bozorgi, “bigness”)”

“شیرین (širin, “sweet”) + ـی → شیرینی (širini, “sweetness”)”

“یگانه (yegâne, “unique”) + ـگی → یگانگی (yegânegi, “uniqueness”)”

“خیاط (xayyât, “tailor”) + ـی → خیاطی (xayyâti, “tailoring; tailor shop”)”

“نویسنده (nevisande, “writer, author”) + ـگی → نویسندگی (nevisandegi, “writing, authorship”)”

“خان (xân, “khan”) + ـی → خانی (xâni, “khanship”)”

“خلیفه (xalife, “caliph”) + ـگی → خلیفگی (xalifegi, “caliphship”)”

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