Cry

Morpheme

Cry

Type

free base

Denotation

shed tears, weep, shout, yell

Etymology

Middle English crien, cry, crie; Old French crier, cri

Evidence

becry, catchcry, cried, crier, cries, cry, crybaby, cryey, cryfest, cryful, crying, crysome, midcry, outcry

Notes

<y> need not toggle (but can) with suffixes, especially in monosyllabic bases ending in <y>

Homographs

Cry