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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lusty

/ˈlʌsti/ adjective

Forms lustier lustiest lustie

  1. adjective Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
  2. adjective Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
  3. adjective (obsolete or informal) Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.
  4. adjective (obsolete) Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.
  5. adjective (obsolete) Of large size; big.
  6. adjective (obsolete, rare) With child.

Synonyms

lustful concupiscent hearty full-blooded red-blooded

Etymology

From Middle English lusty (“mirthful, pleasant, delicious, delightful”), equivalent to lust + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian lustich (“amusing”),
West Frisian lustich (“amusing, funny”), Dutch lustig (“cheerful”), German lustig (“amusing”), Danish lystig (“merry”), Swedish lustig (“funny”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.
  2. adjective Beautiful; handsome; pleasant. [Obs.] Spenser.

Etymology [From Lust. See Lust, and cf. Luscious.]

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

Sanskrit

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