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-ey
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Appendix:Variations of "ey"
English
Etymology 1
en :from -y<id:adjectival> adjectival
Suffix
en adjectival en -y<pos:adjectival suffix>.
Derived terms
en adjectival
Etymology 2
en :from -y<id:diminutive> -ie<id:diminutive> diminutive
Suffix
en diminutive en -y//-ie<pos:diminutive suffix>.
Derived terms
en diminutive
Anagrams
en ey YE Ye ye
Icelandic
Etymology
Often said to derive from is ey island, but perhaps more likely from is non ey luck, fortune, from is gem-pro *awją.is Nöfn Íslendinga Guðrún Kvaran Forlagið Reykjavík 2011 978-9979-53-546-1en Nordic Names Judith Ahrholdt 2004–2024 https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/EY
Proper noun
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suffix forming female given names
is lauf<t:leaf> Laufey
is sól<t:sun> Sóley
is sigur<t:victory> Sigurey
is Þór<t:Thor> Þórey
Declension
f.proper.j.acc+datju
Derived terms
is
References
Manx
Etymology
From gv sga -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + gv cel-pro *-tus. (compare ga -adh).
Suffix
i
regular verbal noun ending
Derived terms
gv
Suffix
i
plural ending of certain nouns
plural ending of certain adjectives
Middle English
Etymology 1
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -y -y -y
Etymology 2
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -ien infinitival infinitival suffix
Portuguese
Suffix
verb
pt -ei
Tagalog
Etymology
From tl -ay.
Pronunciation
Suffix
suffix + tl gay slang
used to form gay slang terms
Derived terms
tl
Anagrams
tl ey ye
Turkish
Etymology
From tr ota ـای -ey, -ay, found in very few inherited words but later revived during the Turkish language reform to form neologisms.
Pronunciation
ey
Suffix
ay ey
adjective noun
Derives adjectives from nouns or verbs.
tr yatmak<alt:yat-><t:to lie> -ay yatay<t:horizontal>
Derives nouns from nouns or verbs.
tr denemek<alt:dene-><t:to try> deney<t:experiment>
tr yüz<t:face> yüzey<t:surface>
Derived terms
tr
Further reading
+(g)Ay 1