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ife

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See also: -ife, ifẹ, Ife, Ifẹ, Ifɛ, and IFE

Chichewa

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ife

  1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

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Irish

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Verb

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ife

  1. past participle of ibh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ife
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

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Italian

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Noun

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ife f pl

  1. plural of ifa

Anagrams

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Southern Ndebele

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Noun

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ife? class 9 (plural izimfe class 10)

  1. sweet cane

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Welsh

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Etymology

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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

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Particle

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ife

  1. (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?
  2. (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

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ife

  1. cup
    Synonyms: ago, ukèrè