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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -es suffix - for nouns ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, for some nouns ending in a vowel, and nouns in f with v in the plural, a variant of -s1: ashes, heroes, calves
- for verbs ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, or a vowel, a variant of -s1: preaches, steadies, echoes
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-es1 ,- a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek:Hyades.
-es2 ,- var. of -s 2 in verbs ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y: passes;
buzzes; pitches; dashes; studies. -es3 ,- var. of -s 3 in nouns ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y, and in nouns in f with v in the plural:losses; riches;ashes;babies;
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -s, -es suffix - forming the plural of most nouns: boys, boxes
Etymology: from Old English -as, plural nominative and accusative ending of some masculine nouns -s, -es suffix - forming the third person singular present indicative tense of verbs: he runs, she washes
Etymology: from Old English (northern dialect) -es, -s, originally the ending of the second person singular |