-ty

短语

suf. [构成名词]表示“…的性质”, “…的状态”, “…的情况”：unity , enmity; 表示“十”,“十个”：twenty, thirty

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词形变化

-ties 复数

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.

    ...十

  2. 1.

    Alternative form of -ity, used to form abstract nouns from adjectives.

    可数 不可数

    subtle + -ty → subtlety

词源

From Middle English -ty, from Old English -tiġ (“-ty”), from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Scots -ty (“-ty”), West Frisian -tich (“-ty”), Dutch -tig (“-ty”), German -zig (“-ty”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “group of ten, decade”). Related to ten.

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