-ey
English edit
Suffix edit
-ey
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō.
Suffix edit
-ey
- suffix that indicates an island.
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus. (compare Irish -adh).
Suffix edit
-ey
- regular verbal noun ending
Derived terms edit
Suffix edit
-ey
- plural ending of certain nouns
- plural ending of certain adjectives
Middle English edit
Suffix edit
-ey
- Alternative form of -y (“-y”)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *awjō.
Suffix edit
-ey
- suffix that indicates an island.
Portuguese edit
Suffix edit
-ey
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From -ay.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈej/ [ˈɛɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ej
- Syllabification: -ey
Suffix edit
-ey (Baybayin spelling ᜒᜌ᜔) (gay slang)
- used to form gay slang terms
Derived terms edit
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- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
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- Manx terms inherited from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Manx lemmas
- Manx suffixes
- Manx inflectional suffixes
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English suffixes
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse suffixes
- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
- Portuguese verb-forming suffixes
- Portuguese obsolete forms
- Tagalog 1-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ej
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ej/1 syllable
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog suffixes
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog gay slang