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-ys

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ys"

Asturian

Pronoun

-ys

  1. alternative form of -yos

Cornish

Etymology 1

From English -es.

Suffix

-ys

  1. Forms plural nouns
    ‎alamand (“almond”) + ‎-ys → ‎alamandys (“almonds”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-ys

  1. Verbal suffix for past participles/verbal adjectives
    ‎unya (“unite”) + ‎-ys → ‎unys (“united”)
Usage notes
  • Can change to -yes for verbs ending in -ya
Derived terms
Cornish terms suffixed with -ys
alamandys
anedhys
askrifys
aswonys
bregys
brewys
bryjys
devnydhys
diwedhys
fayntys
forghyes
forsakys
gwedhrys
gwrys
kelmys
korsettys
kowlwrys
kowlys
kresys
molys
peryllys
pocketys
statys
terrys
tradys
treghys
trigys
unys
ystynnys
yurlys
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Finnish

Suffix

-ys

  1. Front vowel variant of -us

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
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Lithuanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jás; which gave Latvian -is, Old Prussian -is, Proto-Slavic *-jь. When unstressed, the same ending produced -ias; see for more.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ỹs m (plural -iai̇̃) stress pattern 3 or 4

  1. masculine nominative singular ending for i̯ó-stem nouns.
    avilỹs (“beehive”); compare Latvian aũlis, Old Prussian aulis, Proto-Slavic *ulьjь
    ežỹs (“hedgehog”); compare Latvian ezis, Proto-Slavic *ežь

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-ỹs m (plural -iai̇̃, feminine -ė̃) stress pattern 3

  1. agentive nominalizing suffix, typically applied to verbal roots in compounds
    dárbas (“work”) + dúoti (“give”) → darbdavỹs (“employer”)
    galvà (“head”) + žudýti (“kill”) → galvažudỹs (“hitman, assassin”)
    Synonyms: -ininkas, -ėjas, -tojas
  2. produces masculine animates from some nominal stems
    árklas (“plough”) → arklỹs (“horse”)
    gaidà (“melody”) → gaidỹs (“cockerel”)
Declension
More information singular (vienaskaita), plural (daugiskaita) ...
Derived terms
Lithuanian terms suffixed with -ys
arklys
auksakalys
barzdaskutys
darbdavys
gaidys
ilgesys
karys
knygnešys
pislys
šienpjovys
ugniagesys
žemdirbys
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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish -as (compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic -as), from Proto-Celtic *-assus, from Proto-Indo-European *-ad-tus.

Suffix

-ys m

  1. Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns

Derived terms

Manx terms suffixed with -ys
aghtallys
appeeys
ard-chioneys
ayroilys
barriaghtys
braaraghys
bwoailtys
caarjys
caghlaays
cappeeys
captanys
castys
çhellvaneys
commeeys
co-vraarys
cronnalys
cummynys
deyrsnys
dorraghys
enmys
firrinys
gaauenys
Gailckaghys
gennallys
jeerys
kenjallys
kiunys
marranys
marvaanys
maynrys
mieys
moidynys
paays
reihys
seyrsnys
shaghnys
speeideilys
taishbynys
tarrooghys
Thoreeys
toiggaltys
troailtys
unnaneys
Yernaghys
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Middle English

Welsh

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