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Begin file 5 of 11: I, J, K, and L. of An electronic field-marked version of:

This electronic version was prepared by MICRA, Inc. of Plainfield, NJ. Last edit February 11, 1999.

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I . 1. I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. ?ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in pne, ce; and the short sound, as in pn. It has also three other sounds: That of e in term, as in thirst. That of e in mete , as in machine, pique, regime. That of consonant y , as in bunion, million, filial, Christian, etc. It enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, feign. friend; and with o often forms a proper diphtong, as in oil, join, coin.

See Guide to Pronunciation, ?? 98-106.

The dot which we place over the small or lower case i dates only from the 14th century. The sounds of I and J were originally represented by the same character, and even after the introduction of the form J into English dictionaries, words containing these letters were, till a comparatively recent time, classed together.

I- , prefix. See Y- .

I , pron. The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

I"amb , n. An iambus or iambic.

The following couplet consists of iambic verses.

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