-ey
English
Suffix
-ey
Anagrams
Manx
Suffix 1
Etymology
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus. (compare Irish -adh).
-ey
- regular verbal noun ending
Derived terms
Suffix 2
-ey
- plural ending of certain nouns
- plural ending of certain adjectives
Middle English
Suffix
-ey
- Alternative form of -y.
References
- “-i, (suf.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
- “-i(e, (suf.2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
Portuguese
Suffix
-ey
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- Manx terms inherited from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Manx lemmas
- Manx suffixes
- Manx inflectional suffixes
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English suffixes
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
- Portuguese verb-forming suffixes
- Portuguese obsolete forms