Meaning of -ys | Babel Free

Definitions

1. masculine nominative singular ending for i̯ó-stem nouns.
   morpheme
2. agentive nominalizing suffix, typically applied to verbal roots in compounds
   morpheme
3. produces masculine animates from some nominal stems
   morpheme

Examples

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

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

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

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

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

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

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