ē̆i 2

    ē̆i 2

    English meaning: vocative particle

    Deutsche Übersetzung: Ausrufpartikel

    Material: O.Ind. ē “ Ausruf der Anrede, des Sichbesinnens “ etc.; ai ds., ayi before the vocative; Av. üi before the vocative; it could also belong to ai, above S. 10,; Gk. εἶα (*ei! + a) “ on! up! away!” (besides εἶεν); Lat. ei, hei “ ah! woe! oh dear!” therefrom, ēiulō “cry out, wail, lament “, oi-ei “ alas! woe is me!”; O.Ir. (h)ē “ Exclamation of joy and pain “; O.H.G. ī; M.H.G. Ger. ei have not developed from it phonetically; Lith. eĩ “ exclamation of warning “, Ltv. ei “ hey, hallo!, you there!; wow!”; Ser.-Cr. êj, Pol. Russ. ej “ hey, hallo!, you there!”.

    References: WH. I 396 f., Trautmann 67.