"-worthy" meaning in English

See -worthy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Partly from worthy (combining form), and partly continuing Middle English -wurthe (“-able”), from Old English -wierþe (“-able”), from Proto-West Germanic -*wirþī, from Proto-West Germanic *wirþī, from Proto-Germanic *wirþijaz (“worthy”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Dutch -waardig (“-worthy”), German -würdig (“-worthy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-wurthe||-able}} Middle English -wurthe (“-able”), {{inh|en|ang|-wierþe||-able}} Old English -wierþe (“-able”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|-*wirþī}} Proto-West Germanic -*wirþī, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*wirþī}} Proto-West Germanic *wirþī, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wirþijaz|t=worthy}} Proto-Germanic *wirþijaz (“worthy”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*wert-||to turn, bend}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, bend”), {{cog|nl|-waardig||-worthy}} Dutch -waardig (“-worthy”), {{cog|de|-würdig||-worthy}} German -würdig (“-worthy”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffixes}} -worthy
  1. Of sufficient worth for; deserving of. Tags: morpheme Related terms: worthy Translations (of sufficient worth for): -hodný (Czech), -inda (Esperanto), -kelpoinen (Finnish), -arvoinen (Finnish), -wert (German), -würdig (German), érdemes (Hungarian), érdemlő (Hungarian), -värd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--worthy-en-suffix-7RqM3zt8 Disambiguation of 'of sufficient worth for': 97 1 1 1
  2. Suitable or safe for; capable of enduring or able to bear; able to withstand. Tags: morpheme Translations (suitable or safe for): -kelpoinen (Finnish), -kestävä (Finnish), alkalmas (Hungarian), -álló (Hungarian), ㅁ직 (mjik) (Korean)
    Sense id: en--worthy-en-suffix-DmT-ha9X Disambiguation of 'suitable or safe for': 0 100 0 0
  3. Able to be; fit to be; -able. Tags: morpheme Translations (able or fit to be): -kelpoinen (Finnish), -arvoinen (Finnish), -képes (Hungarian), -ható (Hungarian), -hető (Hungarian), ㅁ직 (mjik) (Korean)
    Sense id: en--worthy-en-suffix-doc9SNYM Disambiguation of 'able or fit to be': 2 21 74 2
  4. Having the right, power, permission, or freedom to. Tags: morpheme Translations (having the right, power, permission, or freedom to): jogosult (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en--worthy-en-suffix-ewgLrzYe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 13 23 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 12 16 57 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 12 9 28 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 27 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 7 19 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 10 8 20 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 7 21 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 9 16 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 10 13 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 7 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 9 22 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 8 21 59 Disambiguation of 'having the right, power, permission, or freedom to': 1 1 1 98
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.