-eis

== Gothic == === Romanization === -eis romanization of -𐌴𐌹𐍃 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [e.iːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.is] === 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 toponyms borgeis 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 (archaic; fossilized in some monosyllabic verbs such as ver) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -edes, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-. Cognate with Galician -edes and Spanish -éis. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -eis (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix) 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 ===