-y meaning
EN- Suffix
- Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning "having the quality of".
- mess → messy
- mouse → mousey, mousy
- blue → bluey
- clay → clayey
- Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".
- run → runny
- stick → sticky
- Variation of -ie added to nouns, adjectives and names to form terms of affection.
- cute → cutey
- pup → puppy
- Forming diminutive nouns. Also used for familiar and pet names as a term of endearment.
- granny
- Dicky
- Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.
- modest → modesty
- honest → honesty
- -nym → -nymy (as in toponym → toponymy)
- -logue → -logy (as in analogue → analogy)
- Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin.
- Italy, Germany, Saxony, Hungary, Sicily, Lombardy, Tuscany, Albany, Brittany, Burgundy, Picardy, Normandy, Turkey.
- Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning "having the quality of".
Definition of -y in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Adjective-forming suffixes
- Noun-forming suffixes
- Adjective-forming suffixes
- Suffixes
- Morphemes
Source: Wiktionary