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Meaning of -ed | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR A2
ɛd

Definitions

  1. Forms an equative of an adjective of one or two syllables.
    morpheme
  2. Used to form the ordinal forms of five and six.
    morpheme
  3. Used to form verbal nouns.
    morpheme
  4. Used to form nouns.
    morpheme
  5. Used to form plural nouns.
    morpheme
  6. verb suffix for the third-person singular imperative
    literary, morpheme

Equivalents

English -s

Examples

“gwan (“weak”) + -ed → gwanned (“as weak”)”
“rhad (“cheap”) + -ed → rhated (“as cheap”)”
“cynt (“faster, earlier, sooner”) + -ed → cynted (“as fast, as early, as soon”)”
“pump (“five”) + -ed → pumed (“fifth”)”
“chwech (“six”) + -ed → chweched (“sixth”)”
“cerdd- (“to walk”, stem) + -ed → cerdded (“to walk”, verbal noun)”
“clyw- (“to hear”, stem) + -ed → clywed (“to hear”, verbal noun)”
“colli (“to lose”) + -ed → colled (“loss”)”
“sych (“dry”) + -ed → syched (“thirst”)”
“cymuno (“to take communion, to communicate”) + -ed → cymuned (“community”)”
“pryf (“bug, insect”) + -ed → pryfed (“bugs, insects”)”
“merch (“girl”) + -ed → merched (“girls”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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