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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ragged

/ˈɹæɡɪd/ adjective

Also a form of rag

  1. adjective In tatters, having the texture broken. “a ragged coat”
  2. adjective Having rough edges; jagged or uneven “ragged rocks”
  3. adjective Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
  4. adjective Wearing tattered clothes. “a ragged person”
  5. adjective Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  6. adjective Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
  7. adjective (music) Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
  8. adjective (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels. “a ragged hierarchy”

Synonyms

jagged

Etymology

From Middle English ragged, from North Germanic. Compare with Old Norse rǫgvaðr (“tufted”) and Norwegian ragget (“shaggy”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
  2. adjective Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.

Etymology [From Rag, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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