-ey

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Suffix ==== -ey Alternative form of -y (adjectival suffix). ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ey Alternative form of -y / ie (diminutive suffix). ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === YE, Ye, ye == Icelandic == === Etymology === Often said to derive from ey (“island”), but perhaps more likely from Old Norse ey (“luck, fortune”), from Proto-Germanic *awją. === Proper noun === -ey f (proper noun-forming suffix, proper noun, genitive singular -eyjar) suffix forming female given names ‎lauf (“leaf”) + ‎-ey → ‎Laufey ‎sól (“sun”) + ‎-ey → ‎Sóley ‎sigur (“victory”) + ‎-ey → ‎Sigurey ‎Þór (“Thor”) + ‎-ey → ‎Þórey ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Manx == === Etymology === From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus. (compare Irish -adh). === Suffix === -ey regular verbal noun ending ==== Derived terms ==== === Suffix === -ey plural ending of certain nouns plural ending of certain adjectives == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Suffix ==== -ey alternative form of -y (“-y”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ey alternative form of -ien (infinitival suffix) == Portuguese == === Suffix === -ey (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix) obsolete spelling of -ei == Tagalog == === Etymology === From -ay. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈej/ [ˈeɪ̯] Rhymes: -ej Syllabification: -ey === Suffix === -ey (Baybayin spelling ᜒᜌ᜔) (gay slang) used to form gay slang terms ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === ye == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish ـای (-ey, -ay), found in very few inherited words but later revived during the Turkish language reform to form neologisms. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈej/ === Suffix === -ey Derives adjectives from nouns or verbs. ‎yat- (“to lie”) + ‎-ay → ‎yatay (“horizontal”) Derives nouns from nouns or verbs. ‎dene- (“to try”) + ‎-ey → ‎deney (“experiment”) ‎yüz (“face”) + ‎-ey → ‎yüzey (“surface”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “+(g)Ay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük