"-phagy" meaning in English

See -phagy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈfeɪ.d͡ʒi/ [US] (note: penultimate stress), /fə.d͡ʒi/ [US] (note: antepenultimate stress) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--phagy.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--phagy.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φᾰγίᾱ (-phăgíā)lbor. English -phagy From Ancient Greek -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), infinitive aorist of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “I eat”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:lbor|grc:-φᾰγίᾱ|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φᾰγίᾱ (-phăgíā)lbor. English -phagy [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeh₂g-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰh₂g-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἔφᾰγον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-i-eh₂", "id" : "i-extension", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-φᾰγίᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-phagy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="-phagy">, {{lbor|en|grc|-φαγία|notext=1}} Ancient Greek -φαγία (-phagía) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -phagy, {{en-suffix}} -phagy
  1. (forming nouns) Feeding on; consumption of. Tags: morpheme Translations (the consumption of): -φαγία (-phagía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), -fagia (Finnish), -phagie [feminine] (German), -φαγία (-fagía) [feminine] (Greek), φαγίες (fagíes) [feminine, plural] (Greek), -fagia [feminine] (Italian), -食い (gui) (Japanese), -fagia [feminine] (Polish), -fagia [feminine] (Portuguese), -fagia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--phagy-en-suffix-pIKaTRHz Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 64 36 Derived forms (feeding on, consumption of): adelphophagy, androphagy, autocoprophagy, autophagy, bacteriophagy, coprophagy, embryophagy, encephalophagy, endophagy, entomophagy, exophagy, foliophagy, geophagy, hematophagy, hippophagy, lepidophagy, matriphagy, monophagy, myrmecophagy, necrophagy, oligophagy, oophagy, ophiophagy, paedophagy, phytophagy, placentophagy, polyphagy, rhizophagy, rhypophagy, saprophagy, theophagy, xerophagy, xylophagy, zoophagy Disambiguation of 'feeding on, consumption of': 88 12 Disambiguation of 'the consumption of': 93 7
  2. (forming nouns) Eating in a specified manner, normal or abnormal. Tags: morpheme Derived forms (feeding in a specific manner): allotriophagy, dysphagy, poltophagy, psomophagy
    Sense id: en--phagy-en-suffix-c2nmto00 Disambiguation of 'feeding in a specific manner': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -phage, -phagous, -vore
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      "word": "coprophagy"
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      "word": "encephalophagy"
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      "sense": "feeding on, consumption of",
      "word": "foliophagy"
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      "sense": "feeding on, consumption of",
      "word": "geophagy"
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    {
      "sense": "feeding on, consumption of",
      "word": "hematophagy"
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      "word": "matriphagy"
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      "sense": "feeding on, consumption of",
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      "word": "myrmecophagy"
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      "sense": "feeding on, consumption of",
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      "sense": "feeding on, consumption of",
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      "sense": "feeding on, consumption of",
      "word": "phytophagy"
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      "word": "placentophagy"
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