Éi

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Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German eher, from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ. The development of the form may have been as follows: Middle High German eher was a neuter and yielded Luxembourgish *Éier or (with a linking sound) Éijer, Éiger, originally singular and plural. Some dialects then reconstrued this form as a feminine singular (as in German Ähre), others backformed a new singular Éi, Éich. Ultimately these last also became feminine and accordingly received the plural Éien. Another dialectal variant is Acher, Aacher f with lack of umlaut and unusual -ch- from West Germanic -h- (possibly from a geminated *ahhaʀ; compare Old English æhher).

Noun

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Éi f (plural Éien)

  1. ear (of corn)

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German ē, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw. Cognate with German Ehe.

Noun

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Éi f (plural Éien)

  1. (archaic) marriage
    Synonym: Mariage

Tlingit

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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Éi (lower case éi)

  1. (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: Ê

See also

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