See -yr on Wiktionary
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"2": "sga",
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},
"expansion": "Old Irish -mar",
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{
"text": "bio (“alive”) → bioyr (“lively, vivid”)"
}
],
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"-y (added to nouns to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”)"
],
"id": "en--yr-gv-suffix-egWnAPno",
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"-y",
"-y"
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"extra": "agentive suffix",
"word": "-er"
}
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"alternative form of -er (agentive suffix)"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "brawd (“brother”) + -yr → brodyr (“brothers”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form plural nouns."
],
"id": "en--yr-cy-suffix-oEMsOn~n",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-aid"
},
{
"word": "-aint"
},
{
"word": "-au"
},
{
"word": "-ed"
},
{
"word": "-edd"
},
{
"word": "-en"
},
{
"word": "-i"
},
{
"word": "-iadau"
},
{
"word": "-iaid"
},
{
"word": "-iau"
},
{
"word": "-ion"
},
{
"word": "-od"
},
{
"word": "-oedd"
},
{
"word": "-on"
},
{
"word": "-ydd"
},
{
"word": "-ys"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɨ̞r/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪr/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "-yr"
}
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},
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},
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],
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{
"text": "bio (“alive”) → bioyr (“lively, vivid”)"
}
],
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],
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"-y"
]
],
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]
}
],
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}
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}
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"type": "example"
}
],
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"Used to form plural nouns."
],
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{
"word": "-aid"
},
{
"word": "-aint"
},
{
"word": "-au"
},
{
"word": "-ed"
},
{
"word": "-edd"
},
{
"word": "-en"
},
{
"word": "-i"
},
{
"word": "-iadau"
},
{
"word": "-iaid"
},
{
"word": "-iau"
},
{
"word": "-ion"
},
{
"word": "-od"
},
{
"word": "-oedd"
},
{
"word": "-on"
},
{
"word": "-ydd"
},
{
"word": "-ys"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɨ̞r/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪr/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "-yr"
}
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