-eis

See also: eis, Eis, EIS, eís, éis, -éis, and Appendix:Variations of "eis"

Gothic

Romanization

-eis

  1. romanization of -𐌴𐌹𐍃

Latin

Pronunciation

Suffix

-eīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of -eus

Middle English

Suffix

-eis

  1. alternative form of -esse (“-ess”)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
    Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
    Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
    Late Latin -iscus
    Vulgar Latin -iscus
    Latin -ēnsis
    Old French -eis

    From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus and in some cases Latin -ēnsis.

    Suffix

    -eis

    1. used to form nationalities
    2. used to form names of languages
      engleis, franceis, fraunceis

    Descendants

    • → English: -ese
    • French: -ais, -ois
    • Norman: -ais, -ouais

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    • -edes (archaic; fossilized in some monosyllabic verbs such as ver)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -edes, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-.[1] Cognate with Galician -edes and Spanish -éis.

    Pronunciation

     
     

    Suffix

    -eis (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

    1. a suffix indicating the second-person plural present indicative of -er
      ‎comer (“to eat”) + ‎-eis → ‎comeis (“[you all/formal you] eat”)
      ‎esconder (“to hide”) + ‎-eis → ‎escondeis (“[you all/formal you] hide”)

    References

    1. ^ '/Possâmos/, /façâmos/ e /saiâmos/, de novo' in Ciberdúvidas
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