qui
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin qui, from Old Latin quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.
Further reading
- “qui” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Middle French qui, from Old French qui, from Latin quī, from Old Latin quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki/
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Pronoun
qui
- (interrogative) who, whom
- (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
- La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet.
- The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
- Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup.
- This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
- J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes.
- I like dogs that are quiet.
- Un homme à qui j’ai parlé.
- A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
- Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée.
- If the apartment were gloomy, it was a paradise for whoever came from the school.
- Rira bien qui rira le dernier.
- Who laughs last laughs well.
- (Louisiana, Cajun French) if
- Qui elle en a, ça va faire.
- If she has any, that will do.
Further reading
- “qui” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwi/
Pronoun
qui
Pronoun
qui
- plural of quo
- (relative pronoun) which (plural)
- Esis tre bona kulteli qui me tranchis per. ― It was really good knifes which I cut with.
- (interrogative pronoun) what (plural)
- Qui eventis? ― What (thing) happened?(indicating that several things happened) (direct question)
- Ka tu povas helpar me decidar qui metar? ― Can you help me to decide what to wear?(indicating that several things are to be worn) (indirect question)
Interlingua
Pronoun
qui
- (interrogative) who
- (relative) who; whom
- Le secunde interesse de Jamblicho tende al theurgia. In iste materia ille se separa de Plotino, secundo qui tal attitude esserea irrational.
- The second interest of Iamblichus tends towards theurgy. In this subject he becomes separate [distinct] from Plotinus, according to whom such attitude would be irrational.
- Le secunde interesse de Jamblicho tende al theurgia. In iste materia ille se separa de Plotino, secundo qui tal attitude esserea irrational.
Italian
Alternative forms
- quì (misspelling)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu hic, from Latin eccum + hīc, from hic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kwi]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -i
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiː/, [kᶣiː]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Latin quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷos.
Pronoun
Adjective
quī m (feminine quae, neuter quod)
- (interrogative) who, what, which
- 55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 2.34:
- Qui enim cantus moderata oratione dulcior inveniri potest? Quod carmen artificiosa verborum conclusione aptius? Qui actor imitanda quam orator suscipienda veritate iucundior?
- What music can be found more sweet than the pronunciation of a well-ordered oration? What poem more agreeable than the skilful structure of prose? What actor has ever given greater pleasure in imitating, than an orator gives in supporting, truth?
- Qui enim cantus moderata oratione dulcior inveniri potest? Quod carmen artificiosa verborum conclusione aptius? Qui actor imitanda quam orator suscipienda veritate iucundior?
Declension
Irregular.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | quī | quae | quod | quī | quae | quae | |
Genitive | cuius, cujus | cuius, cujus | cuius, cujus | quōrum | quārum | quōrum | |
Dative | cui | cui | cui | quibus | quibus | quibus | |
Accusative | quem | quam | quod | quōs | quās | quae | |
Ablative | quō | quā | quō | quibus | quibus | quibus |
- The genitive singular quoius, the dative singular quoi, and the dative and ablative plural queis or quīs can be found in older literature.
- The indefinite form qua can be found instead of quae in the nominative feminine singular and nominative and accusative neuter plural of the indefinite adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- qui¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Allen, Joseph Henry; Greenough, James B. (1903) Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools and colleges: founded on comparative grammar, Boston: Ginn and Company, § 147 (relative pronoun)
- Allen, Joseph Henry; Greenough, James B. (1903) Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools and colleges: founded on comparative grammar, Boston: Ginn and Company, § 149 (indefinite adjective)
Etymology 2
Old instrumental case of quis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey. Cognate with English why.
Adverb
quī
References
- qui² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- qui in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- qui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the visible world: haec omnia, quae videmus
- (ambiguous) the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
- (ambiguous) the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae e terra gignuntur
- (ambiguous) the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
- (ambiguous) the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26)
- (ambiguous) the atmosphere: aer qui est terrae proximus
- (ambiguous) eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
- (ambiguous) where are you going: quo tendis?
- (ambiguous) I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut
- (ambiguous) nothing is more tiresome to me than..: nihil mihi longius est quam (c. Inf.)
- (ambiguous) since the time that, since (at the beginning of a sentence): ex quo tempore or simply ex quo
- (ambiguous) the middle ages: media quae vocatur aetas
- (ambiguous) Pericles, the greatest man of his day: Pericles, quo nemo tum fuit clarior
- (ambiguous) Pericles, the greatest man of his day: Pericles, vir omnium, qui tum fuerunt, clarissimus
- (ambiguous) it is more than twenty years ago: amplius sunt (quam) viginti anni or viginti annis
- (ambiguous) on the day after, which was September 5th: postridie qui fuit dies Non. Sept. (Nonarum Septembrium) (Att. 4. 1. 5)
- (ambiguous) to-day the 5th of September; tomorrow September the 5th: hodie qui est dies Non. Sept.; cras qui dies futurus est Non. Sept.
- (ambiguous) to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre
- (ambiguous) the world of sense, the visible world: res quas oculis cernimus
- (ambiguous) those to whom we owe our being: ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus
- (ambiguous) the rest of one's life: quod reliquum est vitae
- (ambiguous) how old are you: qua aetate es?
- (ambiguous) our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
- (ambiguous) how are you getting on: quo loco res tuae sunt?
- (ambiguous) under such circumstances: quae cum ita sint
- (ambiguous) from this point of view; similarly: quo in genere
- (ambiguous) by some chance or other: nescio quo casu (with Indic.)
- (ambiguous) Fortune's favourite: is, quem fortuna complexa est
- (ambiguous) it is most fortunate that..: peropportune accidit, quod
- (ambiguous) you were right in...; you did right to..: recte, bene fecisti quod...
- (ambiguous) Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas, quam Plato finxit
- (ambiguous) this is more plausible than true: haec speciosiora quam veriora sunt
- (ambiguous) a thing which is rather (very) dubious: quod aliquam (magnam) dubitationem habet (Leg. Agr. 1. 4. 11)
- (ambiguous) as far as I know: quod sciam
- (ambiguous) he attained his object: id quod voluit consecutus est
- (ambiguous) he attained his object: ad id quod voluit pervenit
- (ambiguous) abstruse studies: studia, quae in reconditis artibus versantur (De Or. 1. 2. 8)
- (ambiguous) the usual subjects taught to boys: doctrinae, quibus aetas puerilis impertiri solet (Nep. Att. 1. 2)
- (ambiguous) the usual subjects taught to boys: artes, quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet
- (ambiguous) men of that profession: qui ista profitentur
- (ambiguous) philosophical subjects: quae in philosophia tractantur
- (ambiguous) disciples of Plato, Platonists: qui sunt a Platone or a Platonis disciplina; qui profecti sunt a Platone; Platonici
- (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, quae est de vita et moribus (Acad. 1. 5. 19)
- (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
- (ambiguous) theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
- (ambiguous) practical philosophy: philosophia, quae in actione versatur
- (ambiguous) to determine the nature and constitution of the subject under discussion: constituere, quid et quale sit, de quo disputetur
- (ambiguous) to bring forward a proof of the immortality of the soul: argumentum afferre, quo animos immortales esse demonstratur
- (ambiguous) a proof of this is that..: argumento huic rei est, quod
- (ambiguous) it follows from this that..: sequitur (not ex quo seq.) ut
- (ambiguous) it follows from this that..: ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
- (ambiguous) the point at issue: id, de quo agitur or id quod cadit in controversiam
- (ambiguous) the connection of thought: ratio, qua sententiae inter se excipiunt.
- (ambiguous) I have exhausted all my material: copiam quam potui persecutus sum
- (ambiguous) a digression, episode: quod ornandi causa additum est
- (ambiguous) I have nothing to write about: non habeo, non est quod scribam
- (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: id quod (mihi) propositum est
- (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: id quod quaerimus (quaeritur)
- (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
- (ambiguous) to set some one a theme for discussion: ponere alicui, de quo disputet
- (ambiguous) to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) the question at issue: res, de qua nunc quaerimus, quaeritur
- (ambiguous) what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae est vis huius verbi?
- (ambiguous) what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae notio or sententia subiecta est huic voci?
- (ambiguous) what do we understand by 'a wise man': quem intellegimus sapientem?
- (ambiguous) what do we mean by 'virtue': quae intellegitur virtus
- (ambiguous) as the proverb says: ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
- (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
- (ambiguous) a book which is attributed to some one: liber qui fertur alicuius
- (ambiguous) the book is attributed to an unknown writer: liber refertur ad nescio quem auctorem
- (ambiguous) the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
- (ambiguous) a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
- (ambiguous) I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
- (ambiguous) there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
- (ambiguous) an atheist: qui deum esse negat
- (ambiguous) and may God grant success: quod deus bene vertat!
- (ambiguous) and may heaven avert the omen! heaven preserve us from this: quod di immortales omen avertant! (Phil. 44. 11)
- (ambiguous) God forbid: quod abominor! (procul absit!)
- (ambiguous) may heaven's blessing rest on it: quod bonum, faustum, felix, fortunatumque sit! (Div. 1. 45. 102)
- (ambiguous) movable, personal property: res, quae moveri possunt; res moventes (Liv. 5. 25. 6)
- (ambiguous) the necessaries of life: quae ad victum pertinent
- (ambiguous) a livelihood: quae suppeditant ad victum (Off. 1. 4. 12)
- (ambiguous) I have no means, no livelihood: non habeo, qui (unde) vivam
- (ambiguous) to talk of a subject which was then the common topic of conversation: in eum sermonem incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore
- (ambiguous) imports and exports: res, quae importantur et exportantur
- (ambiguous) the debtor: debitor, or is qui debet
- (ambiguous) the perfume exhaled by flowers: odores, qui efflantur e floribus
- (ambiguous) domestic animals: animalia quae nobiscum degunt (Plin. 8. 40)
- (ambiguous) a legislator: qui leges scribit (not legum lator)
- (ambiguous) aristocracy (as a form of government): civitas, quae optimatium arbitrio regitur
- (ambiguous) the aristocracy (as a party in politics): boni cives, optimi, optimates, also simply boni (opp. improbi); illi, qui optimatium causam agunt
- (ambiguous) the aristocracy (as a social class): nobiles; nobilitas; qui nobilitate generis excellunt
- (ambiguous) the public income from the mines: pecunia publica, quae ex metallis redit
- (ambiguous) men of military age: qui arma ferre possunt or iuventus
- (ambiguous) men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
- (ambiguous) veterans; experienced troops: qui magnum in castris usum habent
- (ambiguous) by the longest possible forced marches: quam maximis itineribus (potest)
- (ambiguous) the cohort on guard-duty: cohors, quae in statione est
- (ambiguous) subjects: qui imperio subiecti sunt
- (ambiguous) to sum up..: ut eorum, quae dixi, summam faciam
- (ambiguous) I will give you my true opinion: dicam quod sentio
- (ambiguous) this I have to say: haec habeo dicere or habeo quae dicam
- (ambiguous) without wishing to boast, yet..: quod vere praedicare possum
- (ambiguous) which I can say without offence, arrogance: quod non arroganter dixerim
- (ambiguous) to except the fact that..: praeterquam quod or nisi quod
- (ambiguous) from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo intellegitur or intellegi potest, debet
- (ambiguous) from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo perspicuum est
- (ambiguous) the main point: id quod maximum, gravissimum est
- (ambiguous) the main point: quod caput est
- (ambiguous) what is more important: quod maius est
- (ambiguous) the visible world: haec omnia, quae videmus
Etymology 3
Inflection of quis.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French qui, from Latin quī, from Old Latin quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.
Novial
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki/
Pronoun
qui
- who
- Circa 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion, lines 1-2
- Li boins roys Artus de Bretaigne,
La qui proeche nous ensengne- The good king Arthur of Britain
Who teaches us valiance
- The good king Arthur of Britain
- Li boins roys Artus de Bretaigne,
- Circa 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion, lines 1-2
Old Occitan
Portuguese
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