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Webster 1913 Edition


-s

-s

.
1.
[OE.
es
, AS.
as
.]
The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
2.
[OE.
-s
, for older
-th
, AS.
.]
The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.
3.
An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, – originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See
-’s
.

Definition 2024


See also: ś-

Polish

Suffix

  1. Second-person singular verb suffix.

Usage notes

  • In colloquial usage, this suffix may be detached from the verb (leaving the verb in a third-person form), and instead attached to an adverbial, predicative or other word. The verb may be even omitted altogether; in that case, it is implied to be być (to be).

See also

Particle

  1. Appended to relative/interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns

Derived terms