-yf
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus.
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-yf
- A suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and nouns.
Derived terms edit
Adjectives and adverbs formed with -yf
Nouns formed with -yf
Descendants edit
References edit
- “-i(e, suf.(5).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
Etymology 2 edit
Suffix edit
-yf
- Alternative form of -y
Etymology 3 edit
Suffix edit
-yf
- Alternative form of -ie