-ship
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#SHIPCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SHIP -schipe, -shippe, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#SHIPCategory:English terms derived from Old English#SHIP -sċiepe, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SHIPCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SHIP *-skapi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SHIPCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SHIP *-skapiz.
Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ship (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ships)Category:English lemmas#SHIPCategory:English suffixes#SHIPCategory:English noun-forming suffixes#SHIPCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIPCategory:English countable nouns#SHIPCategory:English countable nouns#SHIPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHIPCategory:Pages with entries#SHIPCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SHIP
- Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.
- fellow → fellowship
- owner → ownership
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Middle English
Suffix
-shipCategory:Middle English alternative forms#SHIPCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#SHIPCategory:Pages with entries#SHIPCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SHIP
- alternative form of -schipe