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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bags

/bæɡz/ noun, verb, interjection

Also a form of bag

Forms bagses bagsing bagsed baggs

  1. noun (often in the phrase 'bags of') A large quantity. “No need to rush: there's bags of time.”
  2. noun (chiefly Chicago) A game similar to beanbag toss, cornhole.
  3. noun (slang) Trousers.
  4. noun (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
  5. verb (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, UK) To reserve for oneself.
  6. interjection Used to claim something for oneself, especially in the combination 'Bags I'. “Bags I sit in the front seat!”

Synonyms

have dibs on bagsy

Antonyms

fains

Etymology

Grammatical extension of third-person singular form of bag (“make first claim on something”).

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “bags”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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