"-y" meaning in English

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Suffix

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Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-y}} Middle English -y, {{m|enm|-i}} -i, {{inh|en|ang|-iġ||-y, -ic|pos=suffix}} Old English -iġ (“-y, -ic”, suffix), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-g}} Proto-West Germanic *-g, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-īgaz||-y, -ic}} Proto-Germanic *-īgaz (“-y, -ic”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*-kos}} Proto-Indo-European *-kos, {{m|ine-pro|*-ikos}} *-ikos, {{m|ine-pro|*-iḱos||-y, -ic}} *-iḱos (“-y, -ic”), {{cog|sco|-ie||-y}} Scots -ie (“-y”), {{cog|fy|-ich||-y}} West Frisian -ich (“-y”), {{cog|nl|-ig||-y}} Dutch -ig (“-y”), {{cog|nds|-ig||-y}} Low German -ig (“-y”), {{cog|de|-ig||-y}} German -ig (“-y”), {{cog|sv|-ig||-y}} Swedish -ig (“-y”), {{cog|got|-𐌹𐌲𐍃||-y}} Gothic -𐌹𐌲𐍃 (-igs, “-y”), {{cog|la|-icus||-y, -ic}} Latin -icus (“-y, -ic”), {{cog|grc|-ικός}} Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), {{cog|sa|-इक}} Sanskrit -इक (-ika), {{doublet|en|-ac|-ic}} Doublet of -ac and -ic Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=productive suffixes|head=|id=}} -y, {{en-suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=productive suffixes}} -y
  1. Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”. Tags: morpheme Translations (having the quality of): -osu [masculine] (Asturian), -osa [feminine] (Asturian), -ig (Dutch), -inen (Finnish), -oso [masculine] (Galician), -osa [feminine] (Galician), -ento (Galician), -ური (-uri) (Georgian), -ული (-uli) (Georgian), -ig (German), -os (Hungarian), -as (Hungarian), -es (Hungarian), -ös (Hungarian), -s (Hungarian), -ach (Irish), -oso (Italian), -質 (-shitsu) (alt: -しつ) (Japanese), -状 (-jou) (alt: -じょう) (Japanese), -みたい (mitai) (Japanese), -様な (youna) (alt: ような) (Japanese), -有り (-ari) (Japanese), -付き (-tsuki) (Japanese), -osus [masculine] (Latin), -y (Middle English), (Northern Kurdish), -în (Northern Kurdish), -owy (Polish), -ny (Polish), -oso (Portuguese), -os (Romanian), -ий (-ij) (Russian), -ый (-yj) (Russian), -ивый (-ivyj) (Russian), -इक (-ika) (Sanskrit), -इन् (-in) (Sanskrit), -iento [masculine] (Spanish), -oso [masculine] (Spanish), -iego [masculine] (Spanish), -ig (Swedish), -aktig (Swedish), ma- (Tagalog), -ஆன (-āṉa) (Tamil), -ий (-yj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en--y-en-suffix-en:adjectival Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 10 2 28 25 16 Synonyms (form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”): -esque, -ish, -like, -ly, -oid Synonyms (form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”): -al, -an, -ial, -ian, -ly, -ous Disambiguation of 'form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'having the quality of': 99 1
  2. Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to". Tags: morpheme Translations (inclined to): -va (Finnish), -vä (Finnish), -ento [masculine] (Galician), -ok (Northern Kurdish), -liwy (Polish), -ento (Portuguese), -ий (-ij) (Russian), -ый (-yj) (Russian), -ивый (-ivyj) (Russian), -ento (Spanish), -iento (Spanish), -ig (Swedish), -ий (-yj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en--y-en-suffix-Hotl73Fd Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of 'inclined to': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--y.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|-ie}} Scots -ie, {{inh|en|enm|-ie}} Middle English -ie, {{m|enm|-i}} -i, {{inh|en|ang|-iġ|pos=diminutive suffix|t=-ie, -y}} Old English -iġ (“-ie, -y”, diminutive suffix), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-ij-}} Proto-West Germanic *-ij-, {{m|gmw-pro|*-j-|pos=diminutive suffix}} *-j- (diminutive suffix), {{cog|nl|-je|pos=diminutive suffix}} Dutch -je (diminutive suffix), {{cog|nds-de|-je|pos=diminutive suffix}} German Low German -je (diminutive suffix), {{cog|de|-i|pos=diminutive suffix}} German -i (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -y, {{en-suffix}} -y
  1. Forming diminutive nouns. Tags: morpheme Translations (forming diminutive nouns): -իկ (-ik) (Armenian), -ուկ (-uk) (Armenian), -ակ (-ak) (Armenian), -ín [masculine] (Asturian), -ina [feminine] (Asturian), -et [masculine] (Catalan), -eta [feminine] (Catalan), (zǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (ér) (Chinese Mandarin), -je (Dutch), -tje (Dutch), -etje (Dutch), -pje (Dutch), -ie (Dutch), -ken (Dutch), -ke (Dutch), -che (Dutch), -kijn (Dutch), -et- (Esperanto), -nen (Finnish), -et [masculine] (French), -ette [feminine] (French), -in [masculine] (French), -ine [feminine] (French), -iño (Galician), -chen (German), -lein (German), -i (German), -erl (German), ־ון (-ón) [masculine] (Hebrew), ־ית (-ít) [feminine] (Hebrew), -ka (Hungarian), -ke (Hungarian), -etto [masculine, neuter] (Interlingua), -etta [feminine, neuter] (Interlingua), -ín [masculine] (Irish), -etto [masculine] (Italian), -etta [feminine] (Italian), -ino [masculine] (Italian), -ina [feminine] (Italian), -eken (Middle Low German), -illo (Neapolitan), -ik (Northern Kurdish), -ok (Northern Kurdish), -ek [masculine] (Polish), -ka [feminine] (Polish), -ko [neuter] (Polish), -inho (Portuguese), -uț [masculine] (Romanian), -aș [masculine] (Romanian), -ior [masculine] (Romanian), -el [masculine] (Romanian), -ușor [masculine] (Romanian), -uleț [masculine] (Romanian), -uță [feminine] (Romanian), -iță [feminine] (Romanian), -ică [feminine] (Romanian), -ioară [feminine] (Romanian), -ик (-ik) [masculine] (Russian), -ок (-ok) [masculine] (Russian), -ек (-ek) [masculine] (Russian), -ёк (-jók) [masculine] (Russian), -ка (-ka) [feminine] (Russian), -ко (-ko) [neuter] (Russian), -це (-ce) (Russian), -цо (-co) (Russian), -ito [masculine] (Spanish), -ita [feminine] (Spanish), -iño [masculine] (Spanish), -iña [feminine] (Spanish), -ico (Spanish), -uelo (Spanish), illo (Spanish), ino (Spanish), -ucho (Spanish), -ete (Spanish), -eto (Spanish), -uco (Spanish), -iello (Spanish), -ullo (Spanish), -ejo (Spanish), -is (Swedish), -cık (Turkish), -cik (Turkish), -cuk (Turkish), -cük (Turkish), -çık (Turkish), -çik (Turkish), -çuk (Turkish), -çük (Turkish), -cak (Turkish), -cağız (Turkish), -ceğiz (Turkish), -ig [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), -cyn [masculine] (Welsh), -os [feminine, masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en--y-en-suffix-en:diminutive Disambiguation of 'forming diminutive nouns': 90 10
  2. Forming familiar names, pet names, nicknames and terms of endearment. Tags: morpheme Translations (forming familiar names): ちゃん (chan) (Japanese), [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en--y-en-suffix-en:familiar Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 10 2 28 25 16 Disambiguation of 'forming familiar names': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Synonyms: mini- [diminutive], micro- [diminutive], nano- [diminutive], -ette [diminutive], -ee [diminutive], -icle [diminutive], -cule [diminutive], -ule [diminutive], -ole [diminutive], -ie, -ey, -ee

Suffix

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--y.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-y}} Middle English -y, {{m|enm|-ie}} -ie, {{m|enm|-ee}} -ee, {{m|enm|-e}} -e, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|frm|-ie}} Middle French -ie, {{m|frm|-é}} -é, {{der|en|la|-ia}} Latin -ia, {{m|la|-ium}} -ium, {{m|la|-tās}} -tās, {{der|en|grc|-ίᾱ}} Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā), {{m|grc|-ειᾰ}} -ειᾰ (-eia), {{m|grc|-ιον}} -ιον (-ion), {{cog|la|-ia}} Latin -ia, {{cog|de|-ei}} German -ei, {{cog|nl|-ij}} Dutch -ij Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -y, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -y
  1. Forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state. Tags: morpheme Translations (forming abstract nouns): -ություն (-utʻyun) (Armenian), -heid (Dutch), -nis (Dutch), -uus (Finnish), -yys (Finnish), (French), -dade [feminine] (Galician), სი- -ე (si- -e) (Georgian), -heit (German), -keit (German), -nis (German), -ság (Hungarian), -ség (Hungarian), -à (Italian), -ia (Latin), -ium (Latin), -tas (Latin), (Northern Kurdish), -yî (Northern Kurdish), -tî (Northern Kurdish), -ość [feminine] (Polish), -stwo [neuter] (Polish), -ia [feminine] (Portuguese), -idade [feminine] (Portuguese), -ie (Romanian), -ime (Romanian), -itate (Romanian), -enie (Romanian), -ia (Spanish), -tad (Spanish), -dad (Spanish), -ie (Spanish), -io (Spanish), -tud (Spanish), -edumbre (Spanish), -het (Swedish), -dom (Swedish), -skap (Swedish), -else (Swedish), -ий (-yj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en--y-en-suffix-en:abstract_noun Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 10 2 28 25 16 Disambiguation of 'forming abstract nouns': 86 14
  2. Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin. Tags: morpheme Translations (used in the name of some locations ending in -ia in Latin): -ie [feminine] (French), -ия (-ija) [feminine] (Russian), -ía [feminine] (Spanish), -ia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--y-en-suffix-iS1fOOBk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 10 2 28 25 16 Disambiguation of 'used in the name of some locations ending in -ia in Latin': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -ery
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “form “having quality of” adjectives”",
      "word": "-less"
    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-kos",
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    },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "-ie",
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      "expansion": "Scots -ie (“-y”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "-ich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian -ich (“-y”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ig (“-y”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "-ig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German -ig (“-y”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-ig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "German -ig (“-y”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "-ig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-y"
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      "expansion": "Swedish -ig (“-y”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "-𐌹𐌲𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic -𐌹𐌲𐍃 (-igs, “-y”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-icus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-y, -ic"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -icus (“-y, -ic”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ικός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-इक"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit -इक (-ika)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ac",
        "3": "-ic"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of -ac and -ic",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nCognate 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.",
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        "id": ""
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          "text": "mess + -y → messy",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "mouse + -y → mousy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "blue + -y → bluey",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "clay + -y → clayey",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Macmillan",
          "text": "Tim keeps trying to make it all more impressionistic, less computer-y.",
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        }
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        "Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”."
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
          "word": "-al"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
          "word": "-an"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
          "word": "-ial"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
          "word": "-ian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
          "word": "-ly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
          "word": "-ous"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
          "word": "-esque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
          "word": "-ish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
          "word": "-like"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
          "word": "-ly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
          "word": "-oid"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-osu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-osa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-inen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-oso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-osa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "-uri",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "-uli",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-os"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-as"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-es"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-s"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-oso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "-しつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "-shitsu",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-質"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "-じょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "-jou",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-状"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mitai",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-みたい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "ような",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "youna",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-様な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "-ari",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-有り"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "-tsuki",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-付き"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-î"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-în"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-osus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-y"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-owy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-oso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-os"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ij",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-yj",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ivyj",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ивый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "-ika",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-इक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "-in",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-इन्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-iento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-oso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-iego"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-aktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "ma-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "-āṉa",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ஆன"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "-yj",
          "sense": "having the quality of",
          "word": "-ий"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "run + -y → runny",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "stick + -y → sticky",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "fiddle + -y → fiddly",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning \"inclined to\"."
      ],
      "id": "en--y-en-suffix-Hotl73Fd",
      "links": [
        [
          "incline",
          "incline#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-va"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-vä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-ok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-liwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-ento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ij",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-ий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-yj",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-ый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ivyj",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-ивый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-ento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-iento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-ig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "-yj",
          "sense": "inclined to",
          "word": "-ий"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "-ie"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots -ie",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-ie"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -ie",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-i"
      },
      "expansion": "-i",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-iġ",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix",
        "t": "-ie, -y"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -iġ (“-ie, -y”, diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ij-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ij-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-j-",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*-j- (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-je",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -je (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "-je",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German -je (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-i",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "German -i (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "granny, pinny, tummy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming diminutive nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--y-en-suffix-en:diminutive",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:diminutive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "-ik",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-իկ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "-uk",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ուկ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "-ak",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ակ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-et"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-eta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǐ",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "兒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ér",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "儿"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-je"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-tje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-etje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-pje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-che"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-kijn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-et-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-nen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-et"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-in"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-iño"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-chen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-lein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-i"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-erl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "-ón",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "־ון"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "-ít",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "־ית"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "-etto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "-etta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-etto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-etta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gml",
          "lang": "Middle Low German",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-eken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-illo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "-ko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-inho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-uț"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-aș"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-el"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ușor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-uleț"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-uță"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-iță"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ică"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ioară"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ik",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ok",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ek",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-jók",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ёк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ka",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ko",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "-ко"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ce",
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          "word": "-це"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-co",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-цо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ito"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-iño"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "-iña"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-uelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "illo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "ino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ucho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ete"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-eto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-uco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-iello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ullo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ejo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-is"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-cık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-cik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-cuk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-cük"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-çık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-çik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-çuk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-çük"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-cak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-cağız"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "word": "-ceğiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "-os"
        }
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          "_dis": "19 10 2 28 25 16",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "text": "Andy, Billy, Johnny, Jonesy, lovey"
        }
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chan",
          "sense": "forming familiar names",
          "word": "ちゃん"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "forming familiar names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ś"
        }
      ]
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "-ee"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "-icle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "-ole"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-ium"
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "grc",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ειᾰ"
      },
      "expansion": "-ειᾰ (-eia)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ιον"
      },
      "expansion": "-ιον (-ion)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-ei"
      },
      "expansion": "German -ei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-ij"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ij",
      "name": "cog"
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        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
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      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "en-suffix"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        {
          "_dis": "19 10 2 28 25 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "text": "modest + -y → modesty",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "honest + -y → honesty",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-nym + -y → -nymy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "as in toponym + -y → toponymy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-logue + -y → -logy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "as in analogue + -y → analogy",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "-utʻyun",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "-ություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "-heid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "-uus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "word": "-é"
        },
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-dade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "si- -e",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "სი- -ე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "-heit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "word": "-ség"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "-à"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "-î"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "word": "-yî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "kmr",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ość"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "-stwo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "-ia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "-idade"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "-ime"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
          "word": "-itate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “involving the referent”",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
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    {
      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
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    {
      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
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      "sense": "form “having quality of” adjectives, denoting “analogous to the referent”",
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-osu"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "having the quality of",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-inen"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-oso"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "-osa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ento"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "-uri",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ური"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "-uli",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ული"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ig"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-os"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-as"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-es"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ös"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-s"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ach"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-oso"
    },
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      "alt": "-しつ",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "-shitsu",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-質"
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      "alt": "-じょう",
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      "roman": "-jou",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-状"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "mitai",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-みたい"
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      "alt": "ような",
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      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-様な"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "-ari",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-有り"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "-tsuki",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-付き"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-î"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-în"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "having the quality of",
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "having the quality of",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "-ika",
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      "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "-in",
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      "word": "-इन्"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "having the quality of",
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      "word": "-iento"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "-iego"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-aktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "ma-"
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    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "-āṉa",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ஆன"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-yj",
      "sense": "having the quality of",
      "word": "-ий"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-va"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-vä"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inclined to",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "-ento"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-ok"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-liwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inclined to",
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "-ij",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-ий"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-yj",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-ый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ivyj",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-ивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-ento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-iento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-ig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-yj",
      "sense": "inclined to",
      "word": "-ий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-y"
}

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    "English diminutive suffixes",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English noun-forming suffixes",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms borrowed from Scots",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Scots",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Northern Mansi translations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "-ie"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots -ie",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-ie"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -ie",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-i"
      },
      "expansion": "-i",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-iġ",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix",
        "t": "-ie, -y"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -iġ (“-ie, -y”, diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ij-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ij-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-j-",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*-j- (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-je",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -je (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "-je",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German -je (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-i",
        "pos": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "German -i (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "granny, pinny, tummy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming diminutive nouns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:diminutive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Andy, Billy, Johnny, Jonesy, lovey"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming familiar names, pet names, nicknames and terms of endearment."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:familiar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--y.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl--y.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl--y.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl--y.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl--y.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "mini-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "micro-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "nano-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "-ette"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "-ee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "-icle"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "-cule"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "-ule"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "-ole"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ie"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ey"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ee"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "-ik",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-իկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "-uk",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ուկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "-ak",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ín"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-et"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-eta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǐ",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "兒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ér",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "儿"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-je"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-tje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-etje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-pje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-che"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-kijn"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-et-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-nen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-et"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-in"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-iño"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-chen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-lein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-erl"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-ón",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "־ון"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-ít",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "־ית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ke"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-etto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-etta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-etto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-etta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ina"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ik"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ok"
    },
    {
      "code": "gml",
      "lang": "Middle Low German",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-eken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-illo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-ko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-inho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-uț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-aș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ușor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-uleț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-uță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-iță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ioară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ik",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ok",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ок"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ek",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ек"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-jók",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ёк"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ka",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ko",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ce",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-це"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-co",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-цо"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-iño"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-iña"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-uelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "illo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "ino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ete"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-eto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-uco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-iello"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ullo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-is"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-cık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-cik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-cuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-cük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-çık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-çik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-çuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-çük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-cak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-cağız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "word": "-ceğiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-cyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "forming diminutive nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "-os"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chan",
      "sense": "forming familiar names",
      "word": "ちゃん"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forming familiar names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ś"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English noun-forming suffixes",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
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      "word": "-ery"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -y",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ie"
      },
      "expansion": "-ie",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ee"
      },
      "expansion": "-ee",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-e"
      },
      "expansion": "-e",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "-ie"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French -ie",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "-é"
      },
      "expansion": "-é",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ium"
      },
      "expansion": "-ium",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-tās"
      },
      "expansion": "-tās",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-ίᾱ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ειᾰ"
      },
      "expansion": "-ειᾰ (-eia)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ιον"
      },
      "expansion": "-ιον (-ion)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-ei"
      },
      "expansion": "German -ei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-ij"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ij",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).\nCognate (as far as Latin -ia is involved) with German -ei and Dutch -ij.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "modest + -y → modesty",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "honest + -y → honesty",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-nym + -y → -nymy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "as in toponym + -y → toponymy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-logue + -y → -logy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "as in analogue + -y → analogy",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abstract noun",
          "abstract noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state#Noun"
        ]
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      "senseid": [
        "en:abstract noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Italy, Germany, Saxony, Hungary, Sicily, Lombardy, Tuscany, Albany, Brittany, Gascony, Burgundy, Picardy, Normandy, Romandy, Savoy, Muscovy, Tartary, Arcady, Thessaly, Troy, Turkey."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ia",
          "-ia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--y.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl--y.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl--y.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl--y.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl--y.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "-utʻyun",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-heid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-nis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-uus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-yys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-é"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-dade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "si- -e",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "სი- -ე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-heit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-keit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-nis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ség"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-à"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-î"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-yî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-tî"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-tas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-stwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-idade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ime"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-itate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-enie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-tad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-dad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-ie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-io"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-tud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-edumbre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-het"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-dom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-skap"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "word": "-else"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-yj",
      "sense": "forming abstract nouns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ий"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used in the name of some locations ending in -ia in Latin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ija",
      "sense": "used in the name of some locations ending in -ia in Latin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used in the name of some locations ending in -ia in Latin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used in the name of some locations ending in -ia in Latin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-y"
}

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