-ey

-ey

2. Alternative form of -y (adjectival suffix).

-ey

2. Alternative form of -y / -ie (diminutive suffix).

• YE, Ye, ye

Often said to derive from ey (“island”), but perhaps more likely from Old Norse ey (“luck, fortune”), from Proto-Germanic *awją.^[1][2]

-ey f (proper noun-forming suffix, proper noun, genitive singular -eyjar)

1. suffix forming female given names

   ‎lauf (“leaf”) + ‎-ey → ‎Laufey

   ‎sól (“sun”) + ‎-ey → ‎Sóley

   ‎sigur (“victory”) + ‎-ey → ‎Sigurey

   ‎Þór (“Thor”) + ‎-ey → ‎Þórey

From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus. (compare Irish -adh).

-ey

1. regular verbal noun ending

-ey

1. plural ending of certain nouns
2. plural ending of certain adjectives

-ey

1. alternative form of -y (“-y”)

-ey

1. alternative form of -ien (infinitival suffix)

-ey (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. obsolete spelling of -ei

From -ay.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈej/ [ˈeɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ej
• Syllabification: -ey

-ey (Baybayin spelling ᜒᜌ᜔) (gay slang)

1. used to form gay slang terms

• ye

From Ottoman Turkish ـای (-ey, -ay), found in very few inherited words but later revived during the Turkish language reform to form neologisms.

• IPA^(key): /ˈej/

-ey

1. Derives adjectives from nouns or verbs.

   ‎yat- (“to lie”) + ‎-ay → ‎yatay (“horizontal”)

2. Derives nouns from nouns or verbs.

   ‎dene- (“to try”) + ‎-ey → ‎deney (“experiment”)

   ‎yüz (“face”) + ‎-ey → ‎yüzey (“surface”)

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “+(g)Ay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük