"-by" meaning in All languages combined

See -by on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

Etymology: Ultimately from Old Norse býr (“settlement”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|býr|t=settlement}} Old Norse býr (“settlement”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} -by (proper noun-forming suffix)
  1. (in place names) Habitation. Tags: morpheme

Suffix [Old Polish]

IPA: /bi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ CE), /bi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Proto-Slavic *by Old Polish by Old Polish -by From by. Etymology templates: {{etymon|zlw-opl|:from|zlw-opl:by<id:to>|id=conditional|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Proto-Slavic *by Old Polish by Old Polish -by Head templates: {{head|zlw-opl|suffix}} -by
  1. Conditional mood marker Tags: morpheme

Suffix [Polish]

IPA: /bɘ/
Rhymes: -ɘ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Proto-Slavic *by Old Polish by Old Polish -by Polish -by Inherited from Old Polish -by, from by. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pl|:inh|zlw-opl:-by<id:conditional>|id=conditional|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Proto-Slavic *by Old Polish by Old Polish -by Polish -by, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pl|zlw-opl|-by|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Polish -by, {{inh+|pl|zlw-opl|-by}} Inherited from Old Polish -by Head templates: {{head|pl|suffix}} -by
  1. conditional mood marker Tags: morpheme
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "býr",
        "t": "settlement"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse býr (“settlement”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Old Norse býr (“settlement”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-by (proper noun-forming suffix)",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Habitation."
      ],
      "id": "en--by-en-suffix-3kE7G-J-",
      "links": [
        [
          "Habitation",
          "habitation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in place names) Habitation."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in place names"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-by"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "-by"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zlw-opl",
        "2": ":from",
        "3": "zlw-opl:by<id:to>",
        "id": "conditional",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nProto-Slavic *by\nOld Polish by\nOld Polish -by",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nProto-Slavic *by\nOld Polish by\nOld Polish -by\nFrom by.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zlw-opl",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-by",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Polish",
  "lang_code": "zlw-opl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Polish entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Polish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conditional mood marker"
      ],
      "id": "en--by-zlw-opl-suffix-lDmZSSNH",
      "links": [
        [
          "Conditional mood",
          "conditional mood#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ CE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-by"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "zlw-opl:-by<id:conditional>",
        "id": "conditional",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nProto-Slavic *by\nOld Polish by\nOld Polish -by\nPolish -by",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "zlw-opl",
        "3": "-by",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Polish -by",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "zlw-opl",
        "3": "-by"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Polish -by",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nProto-Slavic *by\nOld Polish by\nOld Polish -by\nPolish -by\nInherited from Old Polish -by, from by.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-by",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-by"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "by"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conditional mood marker"
      ],
      "id": "en--by-pl-suffix-InCyawpY",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɘ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɘ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-by"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "býr",
        "t": "settlement"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse býr (“settlement”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Old Norse býr (“settlement”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-by (proper noun-forming suffix)",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper noun-forming suffixes",
        "English suffixes",
        "English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Habitation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Habitation",
          "habitation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in place names) Habitation."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in place names"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-by"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "-by"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zlw-opl",
        "2": ":from",
        "3": "zlw-opl:by<id:to>",
        "id": "conditional",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nProto-Slavic *by\nOld Polish by\nOld Polish -by",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nProto-Slavic *by\nOld Polish by\nOld Polish -by\nFrom by.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zlw-opl",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-by",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Polish",
  "lang_code": "zlw-opl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Polish entries with etymology trees",
        "Old Polish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Polish lemmas",
        "Old Polish suffixes",
        "Old Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-",
        "Old Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁es-",
        "Old Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conditional mood marker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Conditional mood",
          "conditional mood#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ CE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-by"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "zlw-opl:-by<id:conditional>",
        "id": "conditional",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nProto-Slavic *by\nOld Polish by\nOld Polish -by\nPolish -by",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "zlw-opl",
        "3": "-by",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Polish -by",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "zlw-opl",
        "3": "-by"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Polish -by",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nProto-Slavic *by\nOld Polish by\nOld Polish -by\nPolish -by\nInherited from Old Polish -by, from by.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-by",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-by"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "by"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Polish 1-syllable words",
        "Polish entries with etymology trees",
        "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Polish lemmas",
        "Polish suffixes",
        "Polish terms derived from Old Polish",
        "Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-",
        "Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁es-",
        "Polish terms inherited from Old Polish",
        "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Polish/ɘ",
        "Rhymes:Polish/ɘ/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conditional mood marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɘ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɘ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-by"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: proper noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-by"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-by",
  "trace": ""
}

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