-sy, state, as pleurisy. [Same as -sis.]
-t. See -d.
-t, -te, adj. and noun suffix, as convent, fact, chaste, tribute. [L. -tus, pa.p. suffix; cog. with -d, pa.p. suffix.]
-teen, ten to be added, as fourteen. [A.S. -tyne. Cf. -ty, ten to be multiplied.]
-ter, noun suffix, as character. [Gr. -ter, L. -tor, Sans. -tri; perh. conn. with -ster.]
-ter, -ther, as in after, hither. [A.S. -der, -ther, old comp. suffix.]
-th, order, as sixth. [Becomes also -d; conn. with L. -tus, -tius, as in L. quartus, fourth.]
-th, suffix of 3d pers. sing. of verbs, now for the most part softened to -s. [A.S. from root -ta, which appears in L. -t, Gr. -ti, -si, -tai, -to.]
-th, -t, noun suffix, as in strength, height; see under -d (pa.p. suffix).
-ther, denoting the agent, as father, mother. [Cf. -tor.]