אי
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Etymology 1
[edit]Compare Egyptian jw (“island”) and Phoenician 𐤀𐤉 (ʾy).
Noun
[edit]אִי • (í) m (plural indefinite אִיִּים, plural construct אִיֵּי־)
- (literal or figurative) an island
- Tanach, Psalms 97:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- יְהוָה מָלָךְ תָּגֵל הָאָרֶץ יִשְׂמְחוּ אִיִּים רַבִּים׃
- Adonái malákh, tagél ha-árets; yism'ḥú iyyím rabim!
- The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad.
- Tanach, Ezekiel 26:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- עַתָּה יֶחְרְדוּ הָאִיִּן יוֹם מַפַּלְתֵּךְ וְנִבְהֲלוּ הָאִיִּים אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּם מִצֵּאתֵךְ׃
- 'Atá yeḥr'dú ha-iyyín yom mapaltékh, v-nivhalú ha-iyyím ashér ba-yám mitseitékh.
- Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; Yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be affrighted at thy going out.
Declension
[edit]Declension of אִי
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אִי | first | אִי | אִינוּ | ||
definite | הָאִי | second | אִיךָ | אִיךְ | אִיכֶם | אִיכֶן | |
construct | אִי־ | third | אִיו | אִיהָ | אִיהֶם | אִיהֶן | |
plural | indefinite | אִיִּים | first | אִיַּי | אִיֵּינוּ | ||
definite | הָאִיִּים | second | אִיֶּיךָ | אִיַּיִךְ | אִיֵיכֶם | אִיֵיכֶן | |
construct | אִיֵי־ | third | אִיָּיו | אִיֶּיהָ | אִיֵיהֶם | אִיֵיהֶן |
Derived terms
[edit]- אִיֵּי שְׁלֹמֹה (iyéy sh’lomo)
- האיים המלדיביים (ha-iyim ha-maldiviyim)
- חֲצִי אִי (ḥatzí i) (peninsula)
- אִי בּוֹדֵד (i bodéd) (desert island)
References
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Compare Egyptian jw (“dog”) and Arabic اِبْن آوَى (ibn ʔāwā).
Noun
[edit]אִי • (í) m (plural indefinite אִיִּים, plural construct אִיֵּי־)
- Egyptian jackal (Canis aureus lupaster)
- Tanach, Isaiah 13:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְעָנָה אִיִּים בְּאַלְמנוֹתָיו וְתַנִּים בְּהֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג
- və'aná iyyím bəalmənotáv vətanním bəhēchəlḗ 'óneg
- And jackals shall howl in their castles, And wild-dogs in the pleasant palaces
References
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Adverb
[edit]אִי • (í)
- not
- אי אפשר ― í efshár ― impossible
- a. 1200, Maimonides, משנה תורה, איסורי ביאה chapter 14:
- מה ראית שבאת להתגייר אי אתה יודע שישראל בזמן הזה דוויים ודחופים ומסוחפין ומטורפין ויסורין באין עליהן
- What did you see that you came convert? Don't you know that Israel [i.e. the Jews] in these times are anguished, crushed, eroded, subjugated, and torments come upon them?
Prefix
[edit]אִי־ • (í-)
Derived terms
[edit]- אִיכָבוֹד
- אִי נוֹחוּת (í-nokhút)
Etymology 4
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]אִי • (í)
- if
- מכילתא דרבי ישמעאל, מסכתא דפסחא, as quoted in, a. 1200, Maimonides, משנה תורה, חמץ ומצה, נוסח ההגדה:
- והגדת לבנך יכול מראש החודש תלמוד לומר ביום ההוא אי ביום ההוא יכול מבעוד יום תלמוד לומר בעבור זה לא אמרתי אלא בשעה שיש מצה ומרור מונחים לפניך
- "V-higádta l-vinkhá" — yakhól me-rosh ha-ḥódesh! Talmúd lomár "ba-yom ha-hu". I "ba-yom ha-hu", yakhól mi-be'ód yom! Talmúd lomár "ba'avúr zeh". Lo amárti éla be-sha'áh she-yesh matzáh u-marór munnaḥím lefanécha.
- "And you will speak to your son" - it could be from the New Moon! But we learn where it is stated, "on that day." If it is "on that day," it could be from while it is still daytime! But we learn where it is stated, "for the sake of this." I did not say it except when matsa and bitter herbs are resting in front of you.
- מכילתא דרבי ישמעאל, מסכתא דפסחא, as quoted in, a. 1200, Maimonides, משנה תורה, חמץ ומצה, נוסח ההגדה:
Etymology 5
[edit]Interjection
[edit]אִי • (í)
Etymology 6
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-; compare אַיֵּה.
Adverb
[edit]אֵי • (é)
- (Biblical Hebrew, interrogative, stative) where
- Tanach, Genesis 4:9, with translation of the King James Version:
- וַיֹּאמֶר יהוה אֶל־קַיִן אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ
- vayómer YHVH el-káyin é hével achícha
- And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother?
Derived terms
[edit]- אֵימָתַי ('eimatáy)
- אֵיפֹה (efó)
- אֵי פַּעַם (éi pá'am)
References
[edit]- “אי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- אי on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams
[edit]Ladino
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish e, from Latin et.
Conjunction
[edit]אי (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling i)
- and
- 1910, Ben Yitzhak Saserdoti, Refael i Miriam, page 3:
- אירה אונה די אקילייאס מאדֿרוגאדֿאס פֿריסקאס אי טיירנאס אין איל מיס די סיפטימברי, אינטרי ראש השנה אי יום כפור.
- Era una de akelyas maḏrugaḏas freskas i tiernas en el mes de septembre, entre Rosh Ashana i Yom Kippur.
- It was one of those fresh and tender early mornings in the month of September, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
- too
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