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-ify

/ɪfaɪ/

-ify suffix: forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.

Suffix

-ify (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -ifies, present participle -ifying, simple past and past participle -ified)

  1. Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
  2. Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.

-ify meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

-ify in Arabic

forms verbs meaning "to make"
فَعَّلَ faʕʕala

-ify in Vietnamese

forms verbs meaning "to make"
... hoá

Synonyms of -ify

Forms of -ify

third-person singular present-ifies
present participle-ifying
past participle-ified
past-ified
alternative form-fy

Origin of -ify

From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.

Questions about -ify

What does -ify mean?
-ify means forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
What is -ify in Arabic?
-ify in Arabic is فَعَّلَ (faʕʕala). See -ify meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is -ify?
-ify is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -ify?
-ify is pronounced /ɪfaɪ/.

Words near -ify in the dictionary

  1. -ifications
  2. -ified
  3. -ifier
  4. -ifies
  5. -iform
  6. -ify
  7. -ifying
  8. -ign
  9. -ii
  10. -ikin
  11. -ile

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