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I. N. Dubin
I is the ninth letter of the Latin alphabet. I or i may also refer to: Language * I (pronoun), the first-person singular subject pronoun in English * I (Cyrillic), a letter used in almost all ancient and modern Cyrillic alphabets * ı, dotless I, letter used in Turkish and Azerbaijani * i, close front unrounded vowel, in the International Phonetic Alphabet * ɨ, close central unrounded vowel, in the International Phonetic Alphabet * ɪ, near-close near-front unrounded vowel, in the International Phonetic Alphabet * I (kana), one of the Japanese kana that each represent one mora * I, male prefix to some Balinese names Science, technology, and mathematics Biology * Troponin I, one of the three troponins * Haplogroup I (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup * Haplogroup I (Y-DNA), a Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroup * Olfactory nerve, the 1st cranial nerve in human anatomy * the Lợn Ỉ or Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig Chemistry * Iodine, symbol I, a chemical elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I (pronoun)
In Modern English, ''I'' is the singular, first-person pronoun. Morphology In Standard Modern English, ''I'' has five distinct word forms: * ''I'': the nominative (subjective) form **''I'' is the only pronoun form that is always capitalized in English. This practice became established in the late 15th century, though lowercase ''i'' was sometimes found as late as the 17th century. * ''me'': the accusative (objective) forms (The accusative case is also called the 'oblique'.) * ''my:'' the dependent genitive (possessive) form * ''mine'': the independent genitive * ''myself'': the reflexive form History Old English had a first person pronoun that inflected for four cases and three numbers. ''I'' originates from Old English (OE) ''ic'', which had in turn originated from the continuation of Proto-Germanic *''ik'', and ''ek''; The asterisk denotes an unattested form, but ''ek'' was attested in the Elder Futhark inscriptions (in some cases notably showing the variant ''eka''; see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |