-eis

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

Gothic

Romanization

-eis

1. Romanization of -𐌴𐌹𐍃

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.iːs/, [eiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.is/, [eis]

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

• -ois

Etymology

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 (dated, conserved in one-syllable verbs)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈejs/ [ˈeɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈejs/ [ˈeɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈejʃ/ [ˈeɪ̯ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐjʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐjʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈejʃ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈejʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈeʃ/

Suffix

-eis

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”)