Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference

1. suffix forming the plural of nouns from Latin in -us or from Italian in -e or -o (foci; dilettanti; timpani). Usage Plural in -s or -es is often also possible. 2. suffix forming adjectives from names of countries or regions in the Near or Middle East (Israeli; Pakistani). Etymology: adj. suffix in Semitic and Indo-Iranian languages I 1. n. (also i) (pl. Is or I's) 1 the ninth letter of the alphabet. 2 (as a Roman numeral) 1. Phrases and idioms I-beam a girder of I-shaped section. 2. pron. & n. --pron. (obj. me; poss. my, mine; pl. we) used by a speaker or writer to refer to himself or herself. --n. (the I) Metaphysics the ego; the subject or object of self-consciousness. Etymology: OE f. Gmc 3. symb. Chem. the element iodine. 4. abbr. (also I.) 1 Island(s). 2 Isle(s).