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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relic

/ˈɹɛlɪk/ noun, verb, adjective

Forms relics relicing relicking reliced relicked relick relique

  1. noun That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
  2. noun Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
  3. noun (religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
  4. noun (cosmology) A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
  5. verb (transitive, uncommon, often of guitars) To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.
  6. adjective Pertaining to the Big Bang.

Synonyms

remnant remainder residue lave leavings leftover ort remains remanent residuum rest rump halidom keepsake souvenir token

Etymology

From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant. Chaucer. Wyclif.
  2. noun The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; --usually in the plural when referring to the whole body.

Etymology [F. relique, from L. reliquiae, pl., akin to relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]

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

Sanskrit

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