-ship

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃɪp/, [ˈʃʰɪp] Rhymes: -ɪp Hyphenation: -ship === Suffix === -ship (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ships) Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character. fellow → fellowship owner → ownership ==== Synonyms ==== (property or state of being): -ness, -hood, -itude, -th, -ity, -dom ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === HIPs, hiPS, hips, phis, pish == Middle English == === Suffix === -ship alternative form of -schipe