-ie
后缀
英 /-iː/
美 /-iː/|/-i/
英文释义
后缀
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Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.
— “Polly, I wish you ’d let me call you Marie,” said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together. ¶ “You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won’t have any ie put on to my name. I’m Polly at home and I’m fond of being called so; but Marie is Frenchified and silly.” ¶ “I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls.” ¶ “And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How ‘Pollie’ would look spelt so!”
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Alternative spelling of -y (adjectival suffix).
— hug → huggie
- A photograph, especially a selfie.
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Forming feminine or gender‐neutral forms of given names.
— Jesse → Jessie
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Forms colloquial clippings (often functioning as familiarizers), truncating the root to a single stressed syllable.
— Australia/Australian → Aussie
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Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person or thing associated with the suffixed noun or verb.
— bike → bikie
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Forming nouns relative to an adjective.
— slow → slowie
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Forming colloquial interjections or phrases.
— alright → alrightie
词源
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Etymology tree
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
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Scots -ieinflu.
English -ie
Variant spelling of -y, heavily influenced by the cognate Scots -ie.
The diminutive suffix originated in Northern Middle English and Middle Scots. It was historically restricted to Scotland and Northern England until the late 18th and 19th centuries, when it was borrowed into Standard English and highly popularized by the success of Scottish literature.
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
▲
Scots -ieinflu.
English -ie
Variant spelling of -y, heavily influenced by the cognate Scots -ie.
The diminutive suffix originated in Northern Middle English and Middle Scots. It was historically restricted to Scotland and Northern England until the late 18th and 19th centuries, when it was borrowed into Standard English and highly popularized by the success of Scottish literature.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English -ie
Variant spelling of -y (adjectival suffix).
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English -ie
Variant spelling of -y (adjectival suffix).
词源 3
Etymology tree
English selfiebf.
English -ie
Back-formation from selfie.
English selfiebf.
English -ie
Back-formation from selfie.
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