Old English · suffix
-iht
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /ixt/[içt]
- Syllables
- ixt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- occasionallyouspossessingprecedingvowelscharacterizedcausesi-mutation
Meaning
-
having, bearing, possessing; occasionally causes i-mutation of preceding vowels
stāniht, stǣniht (“stony, rocky”)
-
characterized by; full of, covered with; equivalent to -ous
ifiht
covered in ivy
-
inclined to
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-aht. Akin to Old Saxon -aht, Old High German -aht (German -icht), Icelandic -óttr, Old English -iġ.
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