ife
Translingual
Symbol
ife
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Ifè terms
Chichewa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.fe/
Pronoun
ife
- we (first-person plural personal pronoun)
See also
| singular | plural or formal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ine | ife |
| 2nd person | iwe | inu |
| 3rd person | iye | iwo |
Irish
Verb
ife
- past participle of ibh
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ife | n-ife | hife | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ife”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Noun
ife f pl
- plural of ifa
Anagrams
Southern Ndebele
Noun
ife? class 9 (plural izimfe class 10)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Welsh
Etymology
From ai (interrogative particle) + fe (“him, it”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪvɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɪvɛ
Particle
ife
- (South Wales, colloquial) interrogative particle (used sentence-initially when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)
- Synonym: ai
- Ife fe yw dy dad?
- Is he your dad?
- (South Wales, colloquial) interrogative particle (used sentence-finally when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)
- Synonym: ia
- Fe yw dy dad, ife?
- He’s your dad, is he?
Usage notes
- Used sentence-initially in some southern dialects to qualify a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. To indicate the interrogative of unemphatic initial verbs, the soft mutation is employed instead.
- Used sentence-finally in general in the south when a sentence contains a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. The equivalent northern particle is ia.
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.fē/
Noun
ife