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-isy

-isy suffix: used to form nouns denoting condition, action, or process.

Suffix

-isy

  1. Used to form nouns denoting condition, action, or process.

Forms of -isy

alternative form-isis
alternative form-esy
alternative form-esis

Origin of -isy

Ultimately from Ancient Greek -σις (-sis).

Questions about -isy

What does -isy mean?
-isy means used to form nouns denoting condition, action, or process.
What part of speech is -isy?
-isy is a suffix.

Words near -isy in the dictionary

  1. -istic
  2. -istical
  3. -istically
  4. -istics
  5. -ists
  6. -isy
  7. -itan
  8. -itate
  9. -ite
  10. -ites
  11. -itic

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