Function: noun suffix
Etymology: Middle English -cie, from Anglo-French, from Latin -tia, partly from -t- (final stem consonant) + -ia -y, partly from Greek -tia, -teia, from -t- (final stem consonant) + -ia, -eia -y
1 : action : practice <mendican cy >
2 : rank : office <baronet cy > <chaplain cy >
3 : body : class <magistra cy >
4 : state : quality <bankrupt cy > <normal cy > ― often replacing a final -t or -te of the base word <accura cy >