-y1
/i/suffix
Forming adjectives:
1(From nouns and adjectives) full of; having the quality of: messy milky mousy
1.1With depreciatory reference: boozy tinny
2(From verbs) inclined to; apt to: sticky
Origin
Old English -ig, of Germanic origin.
-y2
/i/(also -ey or -ie)
suffix
1Forming diminutive nouns, pet names, etc. aunty Tommy nightie
1.1Forming verbs: shinny
Origin
Middle English: originally Scots.
-y3
/i/suffix
Forming nouns:
1Denoting a state, condition, or quality: honesty jealousy orthodoxy
2Denoting an action or its result: blasphemy victory
Origin
From French -ie, from Latin -ia, -ium, or Greek -eia, -ia.
- in potentia
- inpouring
- in practice
- in principle
- in print
- in private
- in process of time
- in profile
- in progress
- in proportion
- in propria persona
- in public
- in pup
- input
- input-output
- inputter
- inq.
- in quadruplicate
- in Queer Street
- inquest
- in question
- in quick (or rapid) succession
- inquietude
- inquilab
- inquiline