i'
See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"
English
Preposition
i'
- (colloquial, poetic) Contraction of in.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], line 44:
- Thou speak'st with all thy wit; / And yet, i' faith, with wit enough for thee.
Derived terms
Pronoun
i'
- (colloquial) Contraction of it.
Guerrero Amuzgo
Article
i'
- the singular definite article, the
Synonyms
See also
- eⁿ' plural
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi/°
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ì'
Pronoun
i'
- (poetic) alternative form of io
Adverb
i'
- (literary, poetic) alternative form of ivi
Further reading
- i in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Middle French
Alternative forms
Pronoun
i'
Neapolitan
Pronoun
i'
- alternative form of io
Norman
Etymology
Pronoun
i'
- (Jersey) he
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 512:
- Si nou lli dounne ùn peis i' prend une faïve.
- If you give him a pea, he will take a bean.
- (Jersey, impersonal) it
Sassarese
Alternative forms
Preposition
i'
- apocopic form of in, chiefly used before definite articles
- Abà mi posu i' la caddrea ― Now I'll sit on the chair