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-ty
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ty"
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English -ty, from Old English -tiġ (“-ty”), from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Scots -ty (“-ty”), West Frisian -tich (“-ty”), Dutch -tig (“-ty”), German -zig (“-ty”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “group of ten, decade”). Related to ten.
Suffix
-ty
- A nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.
Derived terms
Translations
multiples of ten
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Etymology 2
From Middle English -te, from Old French -te, from Latin -tās, -tātem.
Suffix
-ty
Translations
-ity — see -ity
Anagrams
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Finnish
Suffix
-ty
- Front vowel variant of -tu
Anagrams
Guaraní
Alternative forms
- -ndy
Suffix
-ty
- Used to form collective nouns
Derived terms
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English -tiġ, from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ty
- (nonproductive) -ty (forms numeral terms denoting multiples of ten)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “-tī, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ty
- alternative form of -te
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Polish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ty
- forms passive participles of simple -i, -y, -u or -ą stems (or verbs with the suffix -nąć) and causes apophony of ą->ę
Declension
Declension of -ty (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ty in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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