-ey

-ey

1. Alternative form of -y
2. Alternative form of -ie

• YE, Ye, ye

From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō.

-ey

1. suffix that indicates an island.

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”)

From Proto-Germanic *awjō.

-ey

1. suffix that indicates an island.

-ey

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