Meaning of -ig | Babel Free

Definitions

1. forms adjectives from nouns, -y
   morpheme
2. diminutive suffix, -let
   feminine, masculine, morpheme, not-mutable
3. -ic, Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -us. For example asid nitrig (“nitric acid, HNO₃”) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than asid nitrus (“nitrous acid, HNO₂”).
   morpheme
4. person or object with characteristics of the root word
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“gwenwyn (“poison”) + -ig → gwenwynig (“poisonous”)”

“pwys (“weight, pound”) + -ig → pwysig (“important”)”

“Gwyddel (“Irish man”) + -ig → Gwyddelig (“Irish”)”

“lloer (“moon”) + -ig → lloerig (“lunatic”)”

“ysgol (“school”) + -ha + -ig → ysgolhaig (“scholar”)”

“calan (“first day of the year”) + -ig → calennig (“New Year's gift”)”

“afon (“river”) + -ig → afonig (“rivulet”)”

“barwn (“baron”) + -ig → barwnig (“baronet”)”

“oen (“lamb”) + -ig → oenig (“small ewe lamb”)”

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