-ui
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ui"
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
- inflection of -uus:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular (second declension)
- 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 -ū, 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.
Lepontic
Suffix
-ui
- romanization of -𐌖𐌉
Romanian
Etymology 1
Probably from Latin -uneus, cf. -eus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uj/
Suffix
-ui m or n (feminine singular -uie, plural -ui)
- Forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, especially relating to color, and often with the meaning of -ish.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | -ui | -uie | -ui | -ui | |||
| definite | -uiul | -uia | -uii | -uile | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | -ui | -ui | -ui | -ui | |||
| definite | -uiului | -uii | -uilor | -uilor | ||||
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Modelled after Proto-Slavic *-ovati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈi/
Suffix
-ui
- Forms verbs.
Derived terms
Romanian terms suffixed with -ui (verb)