Suffix
Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: ch, when pronounced as /tʃ/: glitch→glitches (but psych→psychs)
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: j: hajj→hajjes (j is only final in loan words raj, hajj)
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: s: bus→buses, Jones → Joneses; yes → yeses.
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: x: box→boxes
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: z: buzz → buzzes, waltz → waltzes
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: sh: ash→ashes
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a consonant (or qu) + y
Usage- morpheme
- Examples
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lady→ladies, soliloquy→soliloquies (but key→keys)
Used to form the plural of some nouns that end in a consonant + o
Usage- morpheme
- Examples
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tomato→tomatoes (but soprano→sopranos)
Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in /sp/, /st/, /sk/
Usage- dialectal
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post→postes /ˈpəʊstɪz/, /ˈpoʊstɪz/ (standard posts)
Suffix
Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: that end in (t)ch pronounced as /tʃ/: impeach→impeaches (but psych→psychs)
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: that end in (s)s: miss → misses, yes → yesses; bus → buses; buss → busses
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: that end in x: tax → taxes
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: that end in (z)z: fizz→fizzes
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: that end in consonant + o in some cases: go→goes (but radio→radios)
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: that end in sh: wish→wishes
Usage- morpheme
Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: that end in consonant (or qu) + y: cry→cries (but buy→buys)
Usage- morpheme
Suffix
Possessive marker; see -s, -'s.
Usage- idiomatic
- morpheme
- Obsolete
- Examples
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