-ych
See also: ych
Middle English
Suffix
-ych
- Alternative form of -yssh
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɨ̞χ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪχ/
Suffix
-ych m
- person or man associated with root
- aur (“gold”) + -ych → eurych (“goldsmith”)
Usage notes
eurych is the only example of the use of the suffix -ych.
Suffix
-ych
- (literary) verb suffix for the second-person singular present subjunctive
Usage notes
-ych causes i-affection of internal vowels, for example, canu (“to sing”) + -ych → cenych (“(that) you sing”).
Derived terms
Category Welsh terms suffixed with -ych not found