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English

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Etymology 1

From Old English -ig, from Proto-Germanic

Suffix

-y

  1. Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning "having the quality of".
    mess → messy
    mouse → mousey, mousy
    blue → bluey
  2. Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".
    run → runny
    stick → sticky
Synonyms
Translations

Note: translations of English words ending in -y do not necessarily end in the suffixes listed below.

having the quality of
  • Dutch: -ig nl(nl)
  • Finnish: -inen fi(fi)
  • Italian: -oso it(it)
  • Portuguese: -oso pt(pt)
  • Swedish: -ig sv(sv), -aktig sv(sv)
  • Ukrainian: -ий uk(uk) (-yj) m.
inclined to
  • Finnish: -va fi(fi), -vä fi(fi)
  • Portuguese: -or pt(pt) m., -ora pt(pt) f.
  • Ukrainian: -ий uk(uk) (-yj) m.
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  • French: -eux fr(fr) m., -euse fr(fr) f.
  • German: -ig de(de)
  • Spanish: -oso es(es) m., -osa es(es) f.

Etymology 2

From Middle English and Scots

Suffix

-y

  1. Forming diminutive nouns
    granny
    Dicky
Translations

Note: translations of English words ending in -y do not necessarily end in the suffixes listed below.

forming diminutive nouns
  • German: -chen de(de), -lein de(de), -i de(de), -erl de(de)
  • Hungarian: -ka, -ke hu(hu)
  • Italian: -etto it(it) m., -etta it(it) f., -ino it(it) m., -ina it(it) f.
  • Portuguese: -inho pt(pt) m., -inha pt(pt) f.
  • Spanish: -ito es(es) m., -ita es(es) f., -iño es(es) m., -iña es(es) f.

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Romanian -ie and -e, from Latin -ia, -ium, -tas, Ancient Greek -ία. Cognate (as far as Latin -ia is involved) with German -ei and Dutch -ij.

Suffix

-y

  1. Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.
    modest → modesty
    honest → honesty
    -nym → -nymy (as in toponym → toponymy)
    -logue → -logy (as in analogue → analogy)
  1. Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin.
    Italy, Germany, Saxony, Hungary, Sicily, Lombardy, Tuscany, Albany, Brittany, Burgundy, Picardy, Normandy, Turkey.
Translations

Note: translations of English words ending in -y do not necessarily end in the suffixes listed below.

forming abstract nouns
  • Hungarian: -ság hu(hu), -ség hu(hu)
  • Italian: -à it(it)
  • Latin: -ia la(la), -ium la(la), -tas la(la)
  • Spanish: -ia es(es), -tad es(es)
  • Ukrainian: -ий uk(uk) (-yj) m.

Derived terms

Finnish

Suffix

-y (with front vowel harmony)

  1. Front vowel form of the deverbal suffix -u.

Quechua

Suffix

-y (deverbalizer)

  1. Infinitive marker.

-y (declinative, person)

  1. Flexive suffix for the first gramatical person, mine.
    Mikunay
    My food.

-y (conjugative, person)

  1. Conjugative suffix for the first gramatical person in imperative mood.
    Uyariway
    (You) Listen to me.

 

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