Old English · suffix
-ig
Normalised -iġ
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /ij/
- Syllables
- ij (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- -y-ey-iesuffixcreatingdiminutive
-ig1 · suffix
Senses
-
-y; forms adjectives from nouns and verbs
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -iġ | -iġu-iġo | -iġ |
| Accusative | -iġne | -iġe | -iġ |
| Genitive | -iġes | -iġre | -iġes |
| Dative | -iġum | -iġre | -iġum |
| Instrumental | -iġe | -iġre | -iġe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -iġe | -iġa-iġe | -iġu-iġo |
| Accusative | -iġe | -iġa-iġe | -iġu-iġo |
| Genitive | -iġra | -iġra | -iġra |
| Dative | -iġum | -iġum | -iġum |
| Instrumental | -iġum | -iġum | -iġum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -iġa | -iġe | -iġe |
| Accusative | -iġan | -iġan | -iġe |
| Genitive | -iġan | -iġan | -iġan |
| Dative | -iġan | -iġan | -iġan |
| Instrumental | -iġan | -iġan | -iġan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -iġan | -iġan | -iġan |
| Accusative | -iġan | -iġan | -iġan |
| Genitive | -iġra-iġena | -iġra-iġena | -iġra-iġena |
| Dative | -iġum | -iġum | -iġum |
| Instrumental | -iġum | -iġum | -iġum |
-ig2 · suffix
Senses
-
Suffix creating diminutive nouns from other nouns.
bōsiġ
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (17)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -ig From Proto-West Germanic *-ag, -ig. Still distinct in the earliest texts.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -ig From Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī, from Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- (diminutive suffix).
Descendants
-ey, -ie, -y
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