Asturian

Pronoun

-ys

1. Alternative form of -yos

Finnish

Suffix

-ys

1. Front vowel variant of -us

Declension

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iós; which gave Latvian -is, Old Prussian -is, Proto-Slavic masculine *-ь. When unstressed, the same ending produced -ias; see for more.

Suffix

-ỹs m ‎(plural -iaĩ) stress pattern 3 or 4

1. masculine nominative singular ending for i̯ó-stem nouns.

   avilỹs ‎(“beehive”); compare Latvian aũlis, Old Prussian aulis, Proto-Slavic *ulьjь

   ežỹs ‎(“hedgehog”); compare Latvian ezis, Proto-Slavic *ežь

Suffix

-ỹs m ‎(plural -iaĩ, feminine -ė̃) stress pattern 3

1. agentive nominalizing suffix, typically applied to verbal roots in compounds

   dárbas ‎(“work”) + dúoti ‎(“give”) → darbdavỹs ‎(“employer”)

   galvà ‎(“head”) + žudýti ‎(“kill”) → galvažudỹs ‎(“hitman, assassin”)

2. produces masculine animates from some nominal stems

   árklas ‎(“plough”) → arklỹs ‎(“horse”)

   gaidà ‎(“melody”) → gaidỹs ‎(“cockerel”)

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms

(agentive suffix): -ininkas, -ėjas, -tojas