-ty

-ty

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ty"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English -ty, from Old English -tiġ (-ty), from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (group of ten), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, *déḱm̥ (ten). Cognate with Scots -ty (-ty), West Frisian -tich (-ty), Dutch -tig (-ty), German -zig (-ty), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, group of ten, decade). Related to ten.

Suffix

-ty

  1. A nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English -te, from Old French -te, from Latin -tās, -tātem.

Suffix

-ty (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ties)

  1. Alternative form of -ity, used to form abstract nouns from adjectives.
    subtle + ‎-ty → ‎subtlety
Derived terms
Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Suffix

-ty

  1. Front vowel variant of -tu

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

    From Old English -tiġ, from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tiː/

    Suffix

    -ty

    1. (nonproductive) -ty (forms numeral terms denoting multiples of ten)
    Derived terms
    Middle English terms suffixed with -ty
    Descendants
    • English: -ty
    • Scots: -ty
    References

    Etymology 2

    Suffix

    -ty

    1. alternative form of -te

    Old Polish

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tъ.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ti/
      • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ti/

      Suffix

      -ty

      1. forms passive participles of simple -i, -y, -u or stems (or verbs with the suffix -nąć) and causes apophony of ąę
        odewrzeć + ‎-ty → ‎otwarty

      Declension

      Derived terms

      Old Polish terms suffixed with -ty

      Descendants

      Paraguayan Guarani

      Alternative forms

      • -ndy

      Pronunciation

      • Rhymes:

      Suffix

      -ty

      1. used to form collective nouns

      Derived terms

      Paraguayan Guarani terms suffixed with -ty

      References

      Polish

      Etymology

        Inherited from Old Polish -ty.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /tɘ/
        • Audio:(file)
        • Rhymes:
        • Syllabification: -ty
        • Homophone: ty

        Suffix

        -ty

        1. forms passive participles of simple -i, -y, -u or stems (or verbs with the suffix -nąć) and causes apophony of ąę
          bić + ‎-ty → ‎bity
          szyć + ‎-ty → ‎szyty
          czuć + ‎-ty → ‎czuty
          zgiąć + ‎-ty → ‎zgięty
          zamknąć + ‎-ty → ‎zamknięty

        Declension

        Derived terms

        Further reading

        • -ty”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)