-ish

Morpheme

-ish

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “of the nature or character of” or “of the nativity or country of”

Etymology

Old English -isc

Evidence

babyish, bluish, bookish, boyish, childish, Danish, English, feverish, fiendish, girlish, Irish, Polish, tennish

See Also

-esque

Homographs

-ish