-y

短语

充满…的；有…特性的

发音

其它 /-i/

别名

-ie -ey -ee

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”.

    mess + -y → messy

    mouse + -y → mousy

    blue + -y → bluey

    clay + -y → clayey

    tree + -y → treey

    hole + -y → holey

    sponge + -y → spongy

    cake + -y → caky

    dice + -y → dicey

    guts + -y → gutsy

  2. 2.

    Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".

    run + -y → runny

    panic + -y → panicky

    twiddle + -y → twiddly

  3. 1.

    Forming diminutive nouns.

    子

    儿

    gran(nam) + -y → granny

    pin(afore) + -y → pinny

    (s)tom(ach) + -y → tummy

  4. 2.

    Forming familiar names, pet names, nicknames and terms of endearment.

    And(rew) + -y → Andy

    Bill + -y → Billy

    John + -y → Johnny

    Jones + -y → Jonesy

    love + -y → lovey

  5. 3.

    Added for metrical reasons to songs, often in children's music where it may carry diminutive associations.

  6. 4.

    Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person or thing associated with suffixed noun or verb.

    fridge + -y → fridgy (“fridge magnet”)

    junk + -y → junky

    town + -y → towny

  7. 5.

    Forming nouns relative to an adjective.

    bald + -y → baldy

    dum(b) + -y → dummy

    right + -y → righty

  8. 6.

    Forming colloquial interjections or phrases.

    alright + -y → alrighty

    oops + -y → oopsy

    right + -y → righty

    wake + -y → wakey

  9. 1.

    Forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state.

    modest + -y → modesty

    honest + -y → honesty

    -nym + -y → -nymy as in toponym + -y → toponymy

    -logue + -y → -logy as in analogue + -y → analogy

  10. 2.

    Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin.

    Italy, Germany, Saxony, Hungary, Sicily, Lombardy, Tuscany, Albany, Brittany, Gascony, Burgundy, Picardy, Normandy, Romandy, Savoy, Muscovy, Tartary, Arcady, Thessaly, Troy, Turkey.

  11. 1.

    Denotes the infinitive of verbs when used intransitively.

    废旧

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y 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.

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