-eis

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

Gothic

Romanization

-eis

Romanization of -𐌴𐌹𐍃

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /e.iːs/, [eiːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.is/, [eis]

Suffix

-eīs

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

Middle English

Suffix

-eis

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

used to form nationalities
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-.[1] Cognate with Galician -edes and Spanish -éis.

Pronunciation

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

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

Suffix

-eis

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

'/Possâmos/, /façâmos/ e /saiâmos/, de novo' in Ciberdúvidas

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