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Meaning of ـی | Babel Free

Phrase masculine CEFR A2

Definitions

  1. relating to, forms adjectives from nouns
    morpheme
  2. doer, possessor
    masculine, morpheme
  3. forms abstract nouns from adjectives or common nouns
    feminine, morpheme

Equivalents

العربية ـِي
English -i
Español
فارسی ـی
Français -i
עברית ־י
हिन्दी -ई
Magyar -i
Italiano -i
Kurdî

Examples

“جوکِھم (jokhim, “risk”) + ـِی (-ī) → جوکِھمِی (jokhimī, “risky”)”
“پِسْتَہ (pista, “pistachio”) + ـِی (-ī) → پِسْتَئِی (pistaī, “having the color of [shelled] pistachios”)”
“ساتھ (sāth, “company, support”) + ـی (-ī) → ساتھی (sāthī, “companion, partner”)”
“روگ (rog, “sickness, disease”) + ـی (-ī) → روگی (rogī, “sick person, patient”)”
“روشن (rauśan, “bright”) + ـی (-ī) → روشنی (rauśnī, “brightness”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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