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cy
1- cycle; cycles.
Cy
2[ sahy ]
noun
- a male given name, form of Cyrus.
CY
3- calendar year.
-cy
4- a suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives with stems in -t, -te, -tic, and especially -nt ( democracy; accuracy; expediency; stagnancy; lunacy ), and sometimes used to form action nouns ( vacancy; occupancy ).
- a suffix of nouns denoting rank or office, sometimes attached to the stem of a word rather than to the word itself:
captaincy; magistracy.
cy.
5abbreviation for
- capacity.
- currency.
- cycle; cycles.
Cy.
6abbreviation for
- county.
-cy
1suffix
- forming nouns from adjectives ending in -t, -tic, -te, and -nt indicating state, quality, or condition
lunacy
infancy
plutocracy
intimacy
- forming abstract nouns from other nouns rank or office
captaincy
CY
2abbreviation for
- Cyprus (international car registration)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cy1
via Old French from Latin -cia, -tia, Greek -kia, -tia, abstract noun suffixes
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The Dodgers signed Bauer, the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner, to a three-year, $102-million contract before the 2021 season.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — One of the starting pitchers Friday night has won two Cy Young Awards.
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In 2018 and 2019, he won back-to-back Cy Young honors.
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The former two-time Cy Young award winner began a throwing program Monday and has played catch every day since then.
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Dylan Hernández writes Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has matured and improved since last season, asserting himself as a Cy Young candidate.
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