-ies

ies Ies IES íes ieš i. e. S. i.e.S. English Suffix Variant of en -es for the plural forms of nouns ending in a consonant + en y; equivalent to (dropped en y) + (en -i- + en -es). country, countries; party, parties; colloquy, colloquies; wy, wies. Used to form the third person singular in the present indicative of verbs ending in a consonant + en y. objectify, objectifies; parry, parries. en -sies. en -ie 1. Derived terms en Anagrams en eis -ise -sie EIS EIs ESI I'se ISE sei sie Afrikaans Alternative forms af -s -ties -ities Etymology af nl -isch, from af de -isch. Suffix af suffix adjective-forming suffixes adverb-forming suffixes en -ic, en -ory, en -ian; Used to create adjectives from nouns, primarily of Latin and Greek origin af -iek af motor motories motoric af sensor sensories sensory af utopia utopies utopian en -ly, en -like; Used to create adverbs from nouns, primarily of Latin and Greek origin af krities critically Derived terms af Hungarian Etymology From hu -i -es adjective-forming suffix adjective-forming suffix suffix. Pronunciation hu ɛʃ 2 Suffix hu suffix adjective-forming suffixes hu adjective-forming suffix reminding of, appropriate to, characteristic of added to a noun to form an adjective hu kísértet ghost kísérteties ghostly Usage notes adjective-forming suffix Variants: hu -ias is added to back-vowel words hu -ies is added to front-vowel words Declension -ie s et t Derived terms hu See also Appendix:Hungarian suffixes Latin Pronunciation -iēs stressed on antepenult Etymology 1 la :inh itc-pro:*-jēs<id:noun><ety:inh<ine-pro:*-yḗh₂s>> -iēs suffix noun la itc-pro *-jēs; according to Steinbauer, from hysterokinetic la ine-pro *-yḗh₂s *-yḗh₂s ~ *-ih₂és. Alternative forms la -itiēs Suffix -iēs<5> la nounUsed to form an abstract noun, usually from the stem of an adjective or verb. Declension -iēs<5> Synonyms la -ia la -tās Derived terms la -itiēs la -ies (noun) Etymology 2 la adverb suffix la Alternative forms la -iēns Suffix la suffix -iēs adverb-forming suffixes la adverbUsed to form frequency adverbs, usually from a number and having the meaning "N times" Derived terms la -ies (adverb)