-y

Qafár af macáy?

Used to form an interrogative copulative sentence: is it?


-y

Fulte Racmattaay, Gunê Racmattale Yallih Migaaqal Qimbisa.

Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 1:

I begin in the name of God, who gives mercy and surpasses mercy.

Used to join together noun phrases: and, also


-y

Da-y pan

him, her, it (third-person singular indirect pronoun)


-y

logický + -y → logicky


-y

(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) Forms the plural imperative of verbs, particularly weak verbs.

(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) Optionally used to form the subjunctive of weak verbs.


-y

(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) Optionally marks the masculine imperfective active participle, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.


-y

(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) Optionally marks the masculine singular perfective passive participle of strong verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.


-y

(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) Optionally marks the perfective passive participle of weak verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.

(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) Optionally marks the perfective relative form of weak verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.

(Late Egyptian) Marks the perfective passive participle of mostly third-weak transitive verbs, following the stem.

(Late Egyptian) Occasionally marks the perfective active participle of mostly third-weak transitive verbs, following the stem.


-y

(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) Rarely marks the imperfective relative form of all verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.


-y

mess + -y → messy

mouse + -y → mousy

blue + -y → bluey

clay + -y → clayey

Tim keeps trying to make it all more impressionistic, less computer-y.

2003, Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Macmillan, →ISBN:

Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”.

run + -y → runny

stick + -y → sticky

fiddle + -y → fiddly

Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".

-al

form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”

-esque

form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”

-less

antonym(s) of “form “having quality of” adjectives”

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
From Middle English -y, -i, from Old English -iġ (“-y, -ic”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz (“-y, -ic”), from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ikos, *-iḱos (“-y, -ic”).
Cognate with Scots -ie (“-y”), West Frisian -ich (“-y”), Dutch -ig (“-y”), Low German -ig (“-y”), German -ig (“-y”), Swedish -ig (“-y”), Gothic -𐌹𐌲𐍃 (-igs, “-y”), Latin -icus (“-y, -ic”), Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit -इक (-ika). Doublet of -ac and -ic.


-y

granny, pinny, tummy

Andy, Billy, Johnny, Jonesy, lovey

Forming familiar names, pet names, nicknames and terms of endearment.

Cognate with Scots -ie, being inherited directly from the same source Middle English -ie, -i, from Old English -iġ (“-ie, -y”, diminutive suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-ij-, *-j- (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch -je (diminutive suffix), German Low German -je (diminutive suffix), German -i (diminutive suffix).


-y

modest + -y → modesty

honest + -y → honesty

-nym + -y → -nymy

as in toponym + -y → toponymy

-logue + -y → -logy

as in analogue + -y → analogy

Forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state.

Italy, Germany, Saxony, Hungary, Sicily, Lombardy, Tuscany, Albany, Brittany, Gascony, Burgundy, Picardy, Normandy, Romandy, Savoy, Muscovy, Tartary, Arcady, Thessaly, Troy, Turkey.

Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin.

-ie

used in the name of some locations ending in -ia in Latin

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)der.
Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?
Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-ia)
Ancient Greek -εια (-eia)der.
Latin -ia
Old French -ieder.
Middle English -ie
Middle English -y
English -y
From Middle English -y, -ie, -ee, -e, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French -ie and -é, from Latin -ia, -ium, -tās, Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā), -ειᾰ (-eia), -ιον (-ion).
Cognate (as far as Latin -ia is involved) with German -ei and Dutch -ij.


-y

-y (nominative singular)
-yt (nominative plural)
-y (accusative nominative singular)
-yt (accusative nominative plural)
-yn (accusative genitive singular)
-yt (accusative genitive plural)
-yn (genitive singular)
-yjen (genitive plural)
-yä (partitive singular)
-yjä (partitive plural)
-yssä (inessive singular)
-yissä (inessive plural)
-ystä (elative singular)
-yistä (elative plural)
-yyn (illative singular)
-yihin (illative plural)
-yllä (adessive singular)
-yillä (adessive plural)
-yltä (ablative singular)
-yiltä (ablative plural)
-ylle (allative singular)
-yille (allative plural)
-ynä (essive singular)
-yinä (essive plural)
-yksi (singular translative)
-yiksi (plural translative)
-yttä (abessive singular)
-yittä (abessive plural)
-yin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
-yni (nominative singular)
-yni (nominative plural)
-yni (accusative nominative singular)
-yni (accusative nominative plural)
-yni (accusative genitive singular)
-yni (accusative genitive plural)
-yni (genitive singular)
-yjeni (genitive plural)
-yäni (partitive singular)
-yjäni (partitive plural)
-yssäni (inessive singular)
-yissäni (inessive plural)
-ystäni (elative singular)
-yistäni (elative plural)
-yyni (illative singular)
-yihini (illative plural)
-ylläni (adessive singular)
-yilläni (adessive plural)
-yltäni (ablative singular)
-yiltäni (ablative plural)
-ylleni (allative singular)
-yilleni (allative plural)
-ynäni (essive singular)
-yinäni (essive plural)
-ykseni (singular translative)
-yikseni (plural translative)
-yttäni (abessive singular)
-yittäni (abessive plural)
-yineni (comitative plural)
-ysi (nominative singular)
-ysi (nominative plural)
-ysi (accusative nominative singular)
-ysi (accusative nominative plural)
-ysi (accusative genitive singular)
-ysi (accusative genitive plural)
-ysi (genitive singular)
-yjesi (genitive plural)
-yäsi (partitive singular)
-yjäsi (partitive plural)
-yssäsi (inessive singular)
-yissäsi (inessive plural)
-ystäsi (elative singular)
-yistäsi (elative plural)
-yysi (illative singular)
-yihisi (illative plural)
-ylläsi (adessive singular)
-yilläsi (adessive plural)
-yltäsi (ablative singular)
-yiltäsi (ablative plural)
-yllesi (allative singular)
-yillesi (allative plural)
-ynäsi (essive singular)
-yinäsi (essive plural)
-yksesi (singular translative)
-yiksesi (plural translative)
-yttäsi (abessive singular)
-yittäsi (abessive plural)
-yinesi (comitative plural)
-ymme (nominative singular)
-ymme (nominative plural)
-ymme (accusative nominative singular)
-ymme (accusative nominative plural)
-ymme (accusative genitive singular)
-ymme (accusative genitive plural)
-ymme (genitive singular)
-yjemme (genitive plural)
-yämme (partitive singular)
-yjämme (partitive plural)
-yssämme (inessive singular)
-yissämme (inessive plural)
-ystämme (elative singular)
-yistämme (elative plural)
-yymme (illative singular)
-yihimme (illative plural)
-yllämme (adessive singular)
-yillämme (adessive plural)
-yltämme (ablative singular)
-yiltämme (ablative plural)
-yllemme (allative singular)
-yillemme (allative plural)
-ynämme (essive singular)
-yinämme (essive plural)
-yksemme (singular translative)
-yiksemme (plural translative)
-yttämme (abessive singular)
-yittämme (abessive plural)
-yinemme (comitative plural)
-ynne (nominative singular)
-ynne (nominative plural)
-ynne (accusative nominative singular)
-ynne (accusative nominative plural)
-ynne (accusative genitive singular)
-ynne (accusative genitive plural)
-ynne (genitive singular)
-yjenne (genitive plural)
-yänne (partitive singular)
-yjänne (partitive plural)
-yssänne (inessive singular)
-yissänne (inessive plural)
-ystänne (elative singular)
-yistänne (elative plural)
-yynne (illative singular)
-yihinne (illative plural)
-yllänne (adessive singular)
-yillänne (adessive plural)
-yltänne (ablative singular)
-yiltänne (ablative plural)
-yllenne (allative singular)
-yillenne (allative plural)
-ynänne (essive singular)
-yinänne (essive plural)
-yksenne (singular translative)
-yiksenne (plural translative)
-yttänne (abessive singular)
-yittänne (abessive plural)
-yinenne (comitative plural)
-ynsä (nominative singular)
-ynsä (nominative plural)
-ynsä (accusative nominative singular)
-ynsä (accusative nominative plural)
-ynsä (accusative genitive singular)
-ynsä (accusative genitive plural)
-ynsä (genitive singular)
-yjensä (genitive plural)
-yään (partitive singular)
-yänsä (partitive singular)
-yjään (partitive plural)
-yjänsä (partitive plural)
-yssään (inessive singular)
-yssänsä (inessive singular)
-yissään (inessive plural)
-yissänsä (inessive plural)
-ystään (elative singular)
-ystänsä (elative singular)
-yistään (elative plural)
-yistänsä (elative plural)
-yynsä (illative singular)
-yihinsä (illative plural)
-yllään (adessive singular)
-yllänsä (adessive singular)
-yillään (adessive plural)
-yillänsä (adessive plural)
-yltään (ablative singular)
-yltänsä (ablative singular)
-yiltään (ablative plural)
-yiltänsä (ablative plural)
-ylleen (allative singular)
-yllensä (allative singular)
-yilleen (allative plural)
-yillensä (allative plural)
-ynään (essive singular)
-ynänsä (essive singular)
-yinään (essive plural)
-yinänsä (essive plural)
-ykseen (singular translative)
-yksensä (singular translative)
-yikseen (plural translative)
-yiksensä (plural translative)
-yttään (abessive singular)
-yttänsä (abessive singular)
-yittään (abessive plural)
-yittänsä (abessive plural)
-yineen (comitative plural)
-yinensä (comitative plural)
-y (nominative singular)
-yt (nominative plural)
-y (accusative nominative singular)
-yt (accusative nominative plural)
-yn (accusative genitive singular)
-yt (accusative genitive plural)
-yn (genitive singular)
-yjen (genitive plural)
-yiden (genitive plural)
-yitten (genitive plural)
-yä (partitive singular)
-yjä (partitive plural)
-yitä (partitive plural)
-yssä (inessive singular)
-yissä (inessive plural)
-ystä (elative singular)
-yistä (elative plural)
-yyn (illative singular)
-yihin (illative plural)
-yllä (adessive singular)
-yillä (adessive plural)
-yltä (ablative singular)
-yiltä (ablative plural)
-ylle (allative singular)
-yille (allative plural)
-ynä (essive singular)
-yinä (essive plural)
-yksi (singular translative)
-yiksi (plural translative)
-yttä (abessive singular)
-yittä (abessive plural)
-yin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
-yni (nominative singular)
-yni (nominative plural)
-yni (accusative nominative singular)
-yni (accusative nominative plural)
-yni (accusative genitive singular)
-yni (accusative genitive plural)
-yni (genitive singular)
-yjeni (genitive plural)
-yideni (genitive plural)
-yitteni (genitive plural)
-yäni (partitive singular)
-yjäni (partitive plural)
-yitäni (partitive plural)
-yssäni (inessive singular)
-yissäni (inessive plural)
-ystäni (elative singular)
-yistäni (elative plural)
-yyni (illative singular)
-yihini (illative plural)
-ylläni (adessive singular)
-yilläni (adessive plural)
-yltäni (ablative singular)
-yiltäni (ablative plural)
-ylleni (allative singular)
-yilleni (allative plural)
-ynäni (essive singular)
-yinäni (essive plural)
-ykseni (singular translative)
-yikseni (plural translative)
-yttäni (abessive singular)
-yittäni (abessive plural)
-yineni (comitative plural)
-ysi (nominative singular)
-ysi (nominative plural)
-ysi (accusative nominative singular)
-ysi (accusative nominative plural)
-ysi (accusative genitive singular)
-ysi (accusative genitive plural)
-ysi (genitive singular)
-yjesi (genitive plural)
-yidesi (genitive plural)
-yittesi (genitive plural)
-yäsi (partitive singular)
-yjäsi (partitive plural)
-yitäsi (partitive plural)
-yssäsi (inessive singular)
-yissäsi (inessive plural)
-ystäsi (elative singular)
-yistäsi (elative plural)
-yysi (illative singular)
-yihisi (illative plural)
-ylläsi (adessive singular)
-yilläsi (adessive plural)
-yltäsi (ablative singular)
-yiltäsi (ablative plural)
-yllesi (allative singular)
-yillesi (allative plural)
-ynäsi (essive singular)
-yinäsi (essive plural)
-yksesi (singular translative)
-yiksesi (plural translative)
-yttäsi (abessive singular)
-yittäsi (abessive plural)
-yinesi (comitative plural)
-ymme (nominative singular)
-ymme (nominative plural)
-ymme (accusative nominative singular)
-ymme (accusative nominative plural)
-ymme (accusative genitive singular)
-ymme (accusative genitive plural)
-ymme (genitive singular)
-yjemme (genitive plural)
-yidemme (genitive plural)
-yittemme (genitive plural)
-yämme (partitive singular)
-yjämme (partitive plural)
-yitämme (partitive plural)
-yssämme (inessive singular)
-yissämme (inessive plural)
-ystämme (elative singular)
-yistämme (elative plural)
-yymme (illative singular)
-yihimme (illative plural)
-yllämme (adessive singular)
-yillämme (adessive plural)
-yltämme (ablative singular)
-yiltämme (ablative plural)
-yllemme (allative singular)
-yillemme (allative plural)
-ynämme (essive singular)
-yinämme (essive plural)
-yksemme (singular translative)
-yiksemme (plural translative)
-yttämme (abessive singular)
-yittämme (abessive plural)
-yinemme (comitative plural)
-ynne (nominative singular)
-ynne (nominative plural)
-ynne (accusative nominative singular)
-ynne (accusative nominative plural)
-ynne (accusative genitive singular)
-ynne (accusative genitive plural)
-ynne (genitive singular)
-yjenne (genitive plural)
-yidenne (genitive plural)
-yittenne (genitive plural)
-yänne (partitive singular)
-yjänne (partitive plural)
-yitänne (partitive plural)
-yssänne (inessive singular)
-yissänne (inessive plural)
-ystänne (elative singular)
-yistänne (elative plural)
-yynne (illative singular)
-yihinne (illative plural)
-yllänne (adessive singular)
-yillänne (adessive plural)
-yltänne (ablative singular)
-yiltänne (ablative plural)
-yllenne (allative singular)
-yillenne (allative plural)
-ynänne (essive singular)
-yinänne (essive plural)
-yksenne (singular translative)
-yiksenne (plural translative)
-yttänne (abessive singular)
-yittänne (abessive plural)
-yinenne (comitative plural)
-ynsä (nominative singular)
-ynsä (nominative plural)
-ynsä (accusative nominative singular)
-ynsä (accusative nominative plural)
-ynsä (accusative genitive singular)
-ynsä (accusative genitive plural)
-ynsä (genitive singular)
-yjensä (genitive plural)
-yidensä (genitive plural)
-yittensä (genitive plural)
-yään (partitive singular)
-yänsä (partitive singular)
-yjään (partitive plural)
-yitään (partitive plural)
-yjänsä (partitive plural)
-yitänsä (partitive plural)
-yssään (inessive singular)
-yssänsä (inessive singular)
-yissään (inessive plural)
-yissänsä (inessive plural)
-ystään (elative singular)
-ystänsä (elative singular)
-yistään (elative plural)
-yistänsä (elative plural)
-yynsä (illative singular)
-yihinsä (illative plural)
-yllään (adessive singular)
-yllänsä (adessive singular)
-yillään (adessive plural)
-yillänsä (adessive plural)
-yltään (ablative singular)
-yltänsä (ablative singular)
-yiltään (ablative plural)
-yiltänsä (ablative plural)
-ylleen (allative singular)
-yllensä (allative singular)
-yilleen (allative plural)
-yillensä (allative plural)
-ynään (essive singular)
-ynänsä (essive singular)
-yinään (essive plural)
-yinänsä (essive plural)
-ykseen (singular translative)
-yksensä (singular translative)
-yikseen (plural translative)
-yiksensä (plural translative)
-yttään (abessive singular)
-yttänsä (abessive singular)
-yittään (abessive plural)
-yittänsä (abessive plural)
-yineen (comitative plural)
-yinensä (comitative plural)


-y

Alternative form of -i (used after “hard” consonants).


-y

Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by being appended to a noun.

English: -y, -ie, -ey

Scots: -ie, -y

From Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Doublet of -ik.


-y

Used to form the imperative mood of verbs


-y

Polish: -y

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ъjь, the definite form of hard-stem adjectives. See *jь.


-y

ľuby (“love”) ← *ľubъ

cěly ← *cělъ (“whole”)

dorgy (“dearness”) ← *dorgъ (“dear, expensive”)

męky ← *mękъ

ploty (“roach”) ← **plotъ?

moky (“wetland”) ← *mokъ? \ *moknǫti

mǫty ← *mǫtъ? \ *mǫtiti?

koty (“anchor”) ← *kotъ (“cat”)

kroky ← *krokъ?

-y (nominative singular)
-ъvi (dual nominative)
-ъvi (nominative plural)
-ъve (genitive singular)
-ъvu (dual genitive)
-ъvъ (genitive plural)
-ъvi (dative singular)
-ъvьma (dative dual)
-ъvama (dative dual)
-ъvьmъ (dative plural)
-ъvamъ (dative plural)
-ъvь (accusative singular)
-ъvi (accusative dual)
-ъvi (accusative plural)
-ъvьjǫ (instrumental singular)
-ъvľǫ (instrumental singular)
-ъvьma (dual instrumental)
-ъvama (dual instrumental)
-ъvьmi (instrumental plural)
-ъvami (instrumental plural)
-ъve (locative singular)
-ъvu (dual locative)
-ъvьxъ (locative plural)
-ъvaxъ (locative plural)
-y (singular vocative)
-ъvi (dual vocative)
-ъvi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *-uh₂.


-y

pьrsty (“ring”) ← *pьrstъ (“finger”)

greby (“comb”) ← *greti (“to dig”)

peky (“cooked meat”) ← *peťi (“to cook”)

-y (nominative singular)
-eni (dual nominative)
-ene (nominative plural)
-ene (genitive singular)
-enu (dual genitive)
-enъ (genitive plural)
-eni (dative singular)
-enьma (dative dual)
-enьmъ (dative plural)
-enь (accusative singular)
-eni (accusative dual)
-eni (accusative plural)
-enьmь (instrumental singular)
-enьma (dual instrumental)
-enьmi (instrumental plural)
-ene (locative singular)
-enu (dual locative)
-enьxъ (locative plural)
-eny (singular vocative)
-eni (dual vocative)
-ene (plural vocative)


-y

mikhuy (“to eat”)

pampachay (“pardon, remission”)

Nominalizes verbs. The act of doing something. "-ing."

mikhuna (“food”) → mikhunay (“my food”)

Indicates first-person singular possessive.

Uyariway! ("(You) listen to me!")

Conjugative suffix for the second-person imperative mood.


-y

aptécznjik + -y → aptécznjiczy