-ish
Significat (English)
- Typical of, similar to, being like.
- Somewhat, rather.
- About, approximately.
- Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɪʃ/
Etimologia (English)
In summary
From Middle English -ish, -isch, from Old English -isċ (“-ish”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with Dutch -s; German -isch (whence Dutch -isch); Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish -isk or -sk; Lithuanian -iškas; Russian -ский (-skij); and the Ancient Greek diminutive suffix -ίσκος (-ískos). Doublet of -esque and -ski.
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