CY


Meaning of CY in English

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 >

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.