Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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itchy

/ˈɪt͡ʃi/ adjective

Forms itchier itchiest

  1. adjective Characterized by itching. (of a condition) “an itchy rash”
  2. adjective Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part) “My nose always gets itchy the moment I put on my face mask.”
  3. adjective Causing an itching sensation. “He refuses to wear the new sweater; he says it’s itchy.”
  4. adjective (figurative) In a state of agitation; easily alarmed.
  5. adjective (figurative) Having a constant, teasing desire (for something, to do something); impatiently eager.
  6. adjective (figurative) Causing a constant, teasing desire for something.
  7. adjective (figurative, derogatory, obsolete) Feeling or showing a high level of sexual interest.

Synonyms

pruritic scratchy anxious jittery jumpy nervous on edge itching lascivious lecherous lustful antsy fidgety fretful

Etymology

From Middle English *yicchy, *ȝicchi, from Old English ġiċċiġ (“itchy”), equivalent to itch + -y. Cognate with Scots yeukie (“itchy”), West Frisian jokkerich (“itchy”), Dutch jeukachtig and jeukerig (“itchy”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation. Cowper.
  2. adjective A suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; as, a Millerite; a Benthamite.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “itchy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “itchy” (best matches first).