Defn: The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
2. Etym: [OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -th.]
Defn: The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of
English verbs; as in the falls, tells, sends.
3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, — originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.
-'S -'s Etym: [OE. -es, AS. -es.]
Defn: The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's.
'S 's.
Defn: A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. "My heart's subdued." Shak.
-'S -'s [OE. -es, AS. -es.]
The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's.