Suffix -Y
Suffix -Y
Wow! That glass of lemonade is really lemony!What does the word lemony mean in the sentence above? If you're not sure, you can break the word into parts.
The word lemony has two parts: lemon and y. In the word lemony, -y is the suffix.
A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning of the word.
The suffix -y means having or being like. It's often used to describe something that has a lot of something else. So the word lemony means having lemon or having a lot of lemon.
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