-y
full of, characterized by
Old English · -ig
Old English -ig forms adjectives meaning "full of" or "having": rain gives rainy, sun gives sunny, dust gives dusty. This is the adjective -y, not the noun endings -y in "victory" or "puppy".
Memory trick
Y is the tiny "full of" tag: sun-y, rain-y, wind-y.
Words from this root
- rainy (rain + y) — full of rainबरसाती
- sunny (sun + y) — full of sunshineधूपदार
- windy (wind + y) — full of windहवादार
- hairy (hair + y) — full of hairबालों वाला
- dusty (dust + y) — covered in dustधूल भरा
- funny (fun + y) — causing laughterमज़ेदार
- sleepy (sleep + y) — needing sleepनींद में
- healthy (health + y) — full of good healthसेहतमंद
- cloudy (cloud + y) — full of cloudsबादलों वाला
- muddy (mud + y) — full of mudकीचड़ भरा
- salty (salt + y) — tasting of saltनमकीन
- noisy (nois + y) — full of noiseशोरगुल वाला