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Meaning of -fy in English:

-fy

Pronunciation /fʌɪ/

suffix

  • 1(added to nouns) forming verbs denoting making or producing.

    • ‘speechify’
    1. 1.1Denoting transformation or the process of making into.
      ‘deify’
      • ‘petrify’

  • 2Forming verbs denoting the making of a state defined by an adjective.

    ‘amplify’
    • ‘falsify’

  • 3Forming verbs expressing a causative sense.

    • ‘horrify’

Origin

From French -fier, from Latin -ficare, -facere, from facere ‘do, make’.