-y1
/i/suffix
Forming adjectives:
1(From nouns and adjectives) full of; having the quality of: messy milky mousy
1.1With depreciatory reference: boozy tinny
2(From verbs) inclined to; apt to: sticky
Origin
Old English -ig, of Germanic origin.
-y2
/i/(also -ey or -ie)
suffix
1Forming diminutive nouns, pet names, etc. aunty Tommy nightie
1.1Forming verbs: shinny
Origin
Middle English: originally Scots.
-y3
/i/suffix
Forming nouns:
1Denoting a state, condition, or quality: honesty jealousy orthodoxy
2Denoting an action or its result: blasphemy victory
Origin
From French -ie, from Latin -ia, -ium, or Greek -eia, -ia.
- magnetosome
- magnetosonic
- magnetosphere
- magnetospheric
- magnetostatic
- magnetostatics
- magnetostratigraphy
- magnetostriction
- magnetostrictive
- magnetotactic
- magnetotail
- magnetotaxis
- magneto-telegraph
- magneto-telephone
- magnetotelluric
- magnetotellurics
- magneto-therapy
- magneto-transmitter
- magnetron
- magnet school
- magnifiable
- Magnificat
- magnification
- magnificence
- magnificent