-ys

-ys

1. Alternative form of -yos

-ys

1. Front vowel variant of -us

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iós; which gave Latvian -is, Old Prussian -is, Proto-Slavic masculine *-ь. When unstressed, the same ending produced -ias; see for more.

IPA^(key): /iːs/

-ỹs m (plural -iaĩ) stress pattern 3 or 4

1. masculine nominative singular ending for i̯ó-stem nouns.

   avilỹs (“beehive”); compare Latvian aũlis, Old Prussian aulis, Proto-Slavic *ulьjь

   ežỹs (“hedgehog”); compare Latvian ezis, Proto-Slavic *ežь

-ỹs m (plural -iaĩ, feminine -ė̃) stress pattern 3

1. agentive nominalizing suffix, typically applied to verbal roots in compounds

   dárbas (“work”) + dúoti (“give”) → darbdavỹs (“employer”)

   galvà (“head”) + žudýti (“kill”) → galvažudỹs (“hitman, assassin”)

   Synonyms: -ininkas, -ėjas, -tojas

2. produces masculine animates from some nominal stems

   árklas (“plough”) → arklỹs (“horse”)

   gaidà (“melody”) → gaidỹs (“cockerel”)

From Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic *-assus, from Proto-Indo-European *-ad-tus.

-ys m

1. Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns

-ys

1. Alternative form of -yssh

• “-ish, (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.

-ys

1. Alternative form of -esse

• “-esse, (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 June 2018.