-eis

-eis

1. Romanization of -𐌴𐌹𐍃

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.iːs/, [eiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.is/, [eis]

-eīs

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

-eis

1. Alternative form of -esse (“-ess”)

• -ois

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus and in some cases Latin -ēnsis.

-eis

1. used to form nationalities
2. used to form names of languages

   engleis, franceis, fraunceis

• → English: -ese
• French: -ais, -ois
• Norman: -ais, -ouais

• -edes (dated, conserved in one-syllable verbs)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -edes, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-.^[1] Cognate with Galician -edes and Spanish -éis.

-eis

1. 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”)