-ey

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See also: ey, EY, -ey-, and

English

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Suffix

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-ey

  1. Alternative form of -y
  2. Alternative form of -ie

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō.

Suffix

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-ey

  1. suffix that indicates an island.

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus. (compare Irish -adh).

Suffix

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-ey

  1. regular verbal noun ending

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Suffix

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-ey

  1. plural ending of certain nouns
  2. plural ending of certain adjectives

Middle English

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Suffix

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-ey

  1. Alternative form of -y (-y)

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *awjō.

Suffix

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-ey

  1. suffix that indicates an island.

Portuguese

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Suffix

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-ey

  1. Obsolete spelling of -ei.

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From -ay.

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-ey (Baybayin spelling ᜒᜌ᜔) (gay slang)

  1. used to form gay slang terms

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ـای (-ey, -ay), found in very few inherited words but later revived during the Turkish language reform to form neologisms.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
-ay -ey

-ey

  1. Derives adjectives from nouns or verbs.
    yat- (to lie) + ‎-ay → ‎yatay (horizontal)
  2. Derives nouns from nouns or verbs.
    dene- (to try) + ‎-ey → ‎deney (experiment)
    yüz (face) + ‎-ey → ‎yüzey (surface)

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