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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English -ty, from Old English -tiġ (“-ty”), from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Scots -ty (“-ty”), West Frisian -tich (“-ty”), Dutch -tig (“-ty”), German -zig (“-ty”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “group of ten, decade”). Related to ten.
Suffix
-ty
- Nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten
Derived terms
terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
Translations
multiples of ten
- Arabic: ـُونَ (-ūna), ـِينَ (-īna)
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: ...十 (...cha̍p)
- Mandarin: ...十 (zh) (...shí)
- Danish: -ti
- Dutch: -tig (nl)
- Esperanto: -dek
- Estonian: -kümmend, -kend (slang)
- German: -zig (de)
- Hungarian: -ven (40, 50, 70, 90), -van (60, 80)
- Japanese: ...十 (ja) (...じゅう, ...jū)
- Korean: ...십 (ko) (...sip)
- Malay: puluh (ms)
- Maori: ngahuru (mi)
- Mon: စှော်
- Navajo: -diin
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: -ti
- Nynorsk: -ti
- Russian: -дцать (ru) (-dcatʹ) (20, 30), -деся́т (-desját) (50, 60, 70, 80)
- Tahitian: ʻahuru
- Vietnamese: mươi (vi)
- West Frisian: -tich
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Etymology 2
From Middle English -te, from Old French -te, from Latin -tās, -tātem.
Suffix
-ty
- Alternative form of -ity, used to form abstract nouns from adjectives
- subtle + -ty → subtlety
Translations
Anagrams
Finnish
Suffix
-ty
- Front vowel variant of -tu
Anagrams
Guaraní
Suffix
-ty
- Used to form collective nouns
Derived terms
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English -tiġ, from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ty
- (nonproductive) -ty (forms numeral terms denoting multiples of ten)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ty
- Alternative form of -te
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ty
- forms passive participles of simple -i, -y, -u or -ą stems (or verbs with the suffix -nąć) and causes apophony of ą->ę
- bić + -ty → bity
- szyć + -ty → szyty
- czuć + -ty → czuty
- zgiąć + -ty → zgięty
- zamknąć + -ty → zamknięty
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ty in Polish dictionaries at PWN