-cy

短语

表示：性质,状态,事实：hesitancy; 职位,职务,级别：captaincy

发音

/-si/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality.

    private + -cy → privacy

    frequent + -cy → frequency

    obstinate + -cy → obstinacy

  2. 2.

    Used to form nouns of rank or office.

    president + -cy → presidency

    abbot + -cy → abbacy

    magistrate + -cy → magistracy

词源

From Anglo-Norman -cie, ultimately from Latin -cia, -tia, Ancient Greek -κια (-kia), -τια (-tia), originally variants of Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ια (-ia), -ία (-ía) or -εια (-eia). Original loan words like pharmacy and papacy could have formed the model.

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