-ty

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ty"

English

Etymology 1

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.

Suffix

-ty

2. Nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten

Derived terms

terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)

• twenty
• thirty
• forty
• fifty
• sixty
• seventy
• eighty
• ninety

Translations

multiples of ten

• Arabic: ـُونَ‎ (-ūna), ـِينَ‎ (-īna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ...十 (zh) (...shí)

• Danish: -ti
• Dutch: -tig (nl)
• Esperanto: -dek
• Estonian: -kümmend, -kend (slang)
• German: -zig (de)
• Hungarian: -ven (40, 50, 70, 90), -van (60, 80)
• Japanese: ...十 (ja) (...じゅう, ...jū)
• Korean: ...십 (ko) (...sip)
• Malay: puluh (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -ti

  Nynorsk: -ti

• Russian: -дцать (ru) (-dcatʹ) (20, 30), -деся́т (-desját) (50, 60, 70, 80)
• Vietnamese: mươi (vi)
• West Frisian: -tich

Etymology 2

From Middle English -te, from Old French -te, from Latin -tās, -tātem.

Suffix

-ty

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

   ‎subtle + ‎-ty → ‎subtlety

Translations

-ity — see -ity

English terms suffixed with -ty

Anagrams

• YT, yt

Finnish

Suffix

-ty

1. Front vowel variant of -tu

Anagrams

• -yt, yt, yt.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English -tiġ, from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz.

Alternative forms

• -te, -ti, -tie, -tiȝ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

Suffix

-ty

1. (nonproductive) -ty (forms numeral terms denoting multiples of ten)

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -ty

Descendants

• English: -ty
• Scots: -ty

References

• “-tī, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ty

1. Alternative form of -te

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɨ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Syllabification: ty

Suffix

-ty

1. Forms passive participles, usually of -nąć stems and causes apophony of ą->ę

   ‎zamknąć + ‎-ty → ‎zamknięty

Declension

Declension of -ty

case	singular				plural
	masculine personal/animate	masculine inanimate	neuter	feminine	virile	nonvirile
nominative, vocative	-ty		-te	-ta	-ci	-te
genitive	-tego			-tej	-tych
dative	-temu				-tym
accusative	-tego	-ty	-te	-tą	-tych	-te
instrumental	-tym				-tymi
locative				-tej	-tych

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ty

Further reading

• -ty in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• -ty in Polish dictionaries at PWN