-s

Significat (Anglès)

Suffix

1. (morpheme) Used to form regular plurals of nouns.
2. (morpheme) Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).
3. (morpheme) When appended to a number ending in at least one 0, expresses a range of numbers which share the digits before some or (usually) all of the 0s; frequently used for decades, centuries and temperatures.

Verb

Alternative spelling of 's.

Sinònims

improvement

Traduccions

-er

-en

année

-s

anni

emendatio

melioratio

años

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/s/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: -s

Heretat de anglès antic: -as

Cognat amb Anglo-Norman: -

Cognat amb escocès: -s

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: -s

Cognat amb frisó occidental: -s

Cognat amb neerlandès: -s

Cognat amb baix alemany: -s

Cognat amb danès: -er

Cognat amb suec: -r

Cognat amb islandès: -ar

Cognat amb gòtic: -𐍉𐍃

Cognat amb alemany: -er

Heretat de anglès mitjà: -es

Heretat de anglès antic: -es, -as

Cognat amb anglès antic: -eþ

Heretat de anglès antic: -es

In summary

Inherited from Middle English -s, -es, from Old English -as, nominative-accusative plural ending of masculine a-stem (i.e. strong) declension nouns, from Proto-West Germanic *-ōs, from Proto-Germanic *-ōs, *‑ōz, from Proto-Indo-European *-es, *-oes (plural endings). The spread of this ending in later Middle English was once argued to have been the result of Anglo-Norman influence; however, -as was already the most common Old English plural marker (used in approximately 40% of Old English nouns), and was initially more common in the North of England where French influence was weakest, only later gradually spreading south, replacing the usual southern plural ending -en. Cognate with Scots -s (plural ending), Saterland Frisian -s (plural ending), West Frisian -s (plural ending), Dutch -s (plural ending), Low German -s (plural ending), Danish -er (plural ending), Swedish -r, -ar, -or (plural ending), Icelandic -ar (plural ending), Gothic -𐍉𐍃 (-ōs, nominative plural ending of a-stem masculine nouns). Not directly related to German -er (plural ending) which has a different origin.