y- en · X
Pronunciation
- /ə-/ (New-Zealand)
- ĭ-
- /ɪ-/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, India, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Middle English y- English y- Inherited from Middle English y-, from Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix); see those entries for more. Cognate with German ge-, Yiddish גע־ (ge-).
Meanings
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(idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete) Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles.
ybaptized, ybarred, yclad, yclept, yronne, yslain ― baptized, barred, clothed, cleped, run, slain
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| i- | alternative | lexicographic | |
| a- | Devon, alternative | lexicographic |