Yとは

語源 1

From Middle English -y, -i, from 古期英語 -iġ (“-y, -ic”, suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz (“-y, -ic”), from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ikos, *-iḱos (“-y, -ic”). Cognate with Scots -ie (“-y”), West Frisian -ich (“-y”), Dutch -ig (“-y”), Low German -ig (“-y”), German -ig (“-y”), Swedish -ig (“-y”), Latin -icus (“-y, -ic”), Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós). Doublet of -ic.

接尾辞

-y

1. Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”.

   mess + ‎-y → ‎messy

   mouse + ‎-y → ‎mousy

   blue + ‎-y → ‎bluey

   clay + ‎-y → ‎clayey

2. Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".

   run + ‎-y → ‎runny

   stick + ‎-y → ‎sticky

使用する際の注意点

• This suffix is still very productive and can be added to almost any word. When the resulting word is not perceived to be a real word, a hyphen is used before the suffix (sandcastle → sandcastle-y). A few long-established words ending with this suffix have distinctive spellings, such as wintry and fiery, which English learners might misspell as *wintery and *firey.

同意語

• (form “having quality of” adjectives): -ish, -like, -ly, -ous

反意語

• (form “having quality of” adjectives): -less

語源 2

From Middle English and Scots. Compare Dutch -je (diminutive suffix), German Low German -je (diminutive suffix). Also spelled -ie.

接尾辞

-y

2. Forming diminutive nouns. Also used for familiar and pet names as a term of endearment.

   granny

   Billy

語源 3

From Anglo-Norman and Middle French -ie and -e, from Latin -ia, -ium, -tās, Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā), -ειᾰ (-eia), -ιον (-ion). Cognate (as far as Latin -ia is involved) with German -ei and Dutch -ij.

接尾辞

-y

1. Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.

   modest + ‎-y → ‎modesty

   honest + ‎-y → ‎honesty

   -nym + ‎-y → ‎-nymy

   as in toponym + ‎-y → ‎toponymy

   -logue + ‎-y → ‎-logy

   as in analogue + ‎-y → ‎analogy

2. 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.

派生語

文字

y (lower case, upper case Y, 複数形 y's)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.

使用する際の注意点

• The name of this letter is spelled wy or wye

参考

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
• Historically, this letter was sometimes used to approximate þ, as in yt and ye (which see for more).

略語

y

1. 略語 of year.
   • 2003, Howard Tanner, Sonia Jones, Becoming a Successful Teacher of Mathematics

     Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion of Y8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.

2. (Britain, television) 略語 of youth., usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.

   Y7

3. (computing) 略語 of yes.
4. (slang, text messaging, Internet slang) 略語 of why.

派生語

• Y2K

参考

• U
• V

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /yː/

名詞

ȳ ? (indeclinable)

1. A name of the letter Y.

同意語

• (name of the letter Y): ī graeca
• (name of the letter Y): ȳpsīlon

等位語

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

参照

• y in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Latin Grammar (3rd ed., 1895), page 1

  The Latin names for the letters… For Y the sound was used, for Z the Greek name (zēta).

派生語

• y'all
• y'know

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

接頭辞

y-

1. (not productive, obsolete) Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles (this prefix does not occur independently かつ is no longer productive).

   ybarred, yblessed, yclept, yclad, ybaptized