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after a consonant, mostly -ỳ

as a suffix, may be pronounced -dỳ in days of the week such as Mònday, but normally: '''dây

'''bïrthday

'''hóliday

'''Frîday

'''wêekday

'''wörkday

'''Mònday

'''Súnday

'''todây

'''yésterday

'''Sáturday

doom doômsday = Book '''Domesday

'''Wédnesday

'''Tûesday

'''Thürsday

'''Mâyday

'''hèyday

elf fèy = person '''Fây

'''gây

'''hây

'''clây

'''delây

'''plây

'''displây

verb mây = month '''Mây

Múrry = '''Múrray

'''sây

* Línzy '''Líndsay

'''daresây

'''hêarsay

'''stây

cf. place names in -aî: *Páragwŷ '''Páraguaŷ

* Yûrəgwŷ '''Ûruguaŷ

lock kêy = harbour '''quaỳ

* Tor-kêe '''Torquaỳ

* Neŵkêe '''Neŵquaỳ

weight wèigh = how '''wây

'''awày

verb is two words: '''breâkaway

verb is two words: '''rúnaway

verb is two words: '''gétaway

'''Gålway

cricket, farewell bŷe = 2 bî- = preposition '''bŷ

'''bâby

cábbie and words in -ábby rhyme with '''Gáby

'''lúllabŷ

abbot ábbey = persons Àbbey = '''Ábby

'''shábby

'''flábby

'''tábby

'''lóbby

'''Dígby

'''rúgby

'''Dólby

'''Fénby

'''Lâzenby

'''lâybŷ

sight sêe = -sỳ = -'''cỳ

'''Mâcy

'''râcy

cf. hypócrisy; ê: theócracy

cf. hypócrisy: demócracy

* byurócracy '''bureaucracy

'''áccuracy

cf. verb próphesŷ - noun '''próphecỳ

'''nŏrmalcy

'''fáncy

'''chāncy

'''nécrománcy

person '''Náncy

France '''Nàncy

'''discrépancy

'''téndency

'''cúrrency

'''constítuency

'''shâdy

'''lâdy

'''trágedy

'''cómedy

'''përfidy

'''súbsidy

stressed and most monosyllables -èy (= ây), unstressed -êy

persons Àbbêy = Ábbỳ = abbot '''ábbêy

'''obèy

person Fây = whimsy '''fèy

Hárringây = Háringèy

'''thèy

'''whèy

'''kêy

cf. lúcky, tácky - '''láckêy

'''hóckey

'''dónkêy

'''jóckêy

'''dónkêy

'''mònkêy

türkêy = '''Türkêy

'''lèy

'''állêy

'''válley

fólly rhymes with '''trólley

'''vólley

cf. etërnity - '''attörney

cart drây =  nest, cart '''drèy

'''Jéffrêy

AmE all meanings stŏry = BrE floor stŏrey

ósprêy or '''ósprèy

-zy '''Jërsêy

cf. invèigh, final syllable rhymes - '''convèy

'''purvèy

'''Hàrvêy

'''íffy

'''jíffy

'''stúffy

'''símplifŷ

'''mágnifŷ

'''vérifŷ

'''goôfy

'''dódgy

'''pódgy

-jy '''strátegy

'''fóggy

-njỳ -'''ngy

-jy '''mângy

-jy '''díngy

-ləjỳ -'''logy

jêó- '''geólogy

sôsh- '''sociólogy

-jy '''astrólogỳ

-jy '''énergy

-jy '''sýnergy

-jy '''líturgy

hard g: *díng-gy '''dínghy

* dôwy '''dôughy

jó- '''geógraphy

cf. catástrophê, apóstrophê - '''trôphy

'''átrophy

minimal pair but not as appears: thŷ has voiced th, thîgh, unvoiced, but same vowel sound: '''thŷ

'''telépathy

'''sýmpathy

'''lêaky

'''tácky

cf. jóckey - '''lúcky

'''plúcky

'''pôky

'''âbly

'''próbably

'''regréttably

* nóbbly, cf. nôbly: '''knóbbly

'''fêebly

'''vísibly

'''respónsibly

* dúmly dumb '''dúmbly

crumble '''crúmbly

'''nôbly

cf. bâsically - '''públicly

'''admíttedly

'''lîkely

two ls pronounced: '''sôlely

'''delíberately

'''complêtely

'''prîmãrily

'''necessãrily

'''temporãrily

'''militãrily

'''momentãrily

drŷly or '''drîly

-z- '''êasily

'''quíckly

cf. állêy - '''állŷ

cf. públicly - '''económically

'''tópically

'''bâsically

'''mûsically

'''illêgally

'''víscerally

'''incidéntally

'''tôtally

mostly female Bíllie = either '''Bílly

two l’s pronounced: '''shrílly

'''sílly

minimal pair: vólley rhymes with '''fólly

two l’s pronounced: '''whôlly

two l’s pronounced: '''coôlly

two l’s pronounced: '''dúlly

'''fùlly

'''replŷ

'''ëarly

'''dêarly

'''nêarly

'''pëarly

'''cléverly

'''fãirly

'''bürly

'''vígorously

cf. Béntley: AmE evidéntly, BrE '''évidently

'''áptly

'''trûly

'''slŷly

drîly or '''drŷly

'''Âmy

'''astrónomy

gá- '''gastrónomy

'''autónomy

cf. epítomê - '''hysteréctomy

* énny '''any

* ménny '''many

'''zâny

'''prógeny

'''shîny

'''Plíny

cf. tin tínny - small '''tîny

'''whîny

Jénnie = '''Jénny

'''Kénny

Lénnie = '''Lénny

Pénny = '''pénny

Jóhnnie = '''Jóhnny

'''Dónny

'''fúnny

'''súnny

BrE o as schwa, AmE -'''môny

BrE *higémony (hard or soft g), AmE *héjəmôny (soft g) or *həgémony: '''hegemony

'''îrony

'''pôny

'''Tôny

'''misógyny

'''bŏy

'''jŏy

'''tŏy

'''álloy

'''annŏy

'''háppy

AmE, when stressed syllable does not come immediately before it, -ãry or -éry, cf. -ery; BrE a as AmE or as schwa or silent; see also -ory - -'''ary (apart from Cáry Grānt) '''Cãry

'''Gáry

'''chãry

-shəry '''judíciary

'''vocábulary

'''canãry

'''gránary

paper stâtionery = stop stâtionary

'''díctionary

see Spelling pronunciation: BrE *lîbry, *lîbəry - though some pronounce both rs; AmE lîbrãry

'''nécessary

'''líterary

'''suppleméntary

'''documéntary

BrE *Jányəry, AmE *Jányûãry, '''Jánuary

see Spelling pronunciation: BrE *Fébry, *Fébyəry, AmE *Fébyûãry, though some pronounce both rs - '''Fébruary

'''vãry

'''wãry

'''crŷ

gímmickry rhymes with '''mímicry

'''drŷ

'''tåwdry

mostly e as schwa: can sound like -ry in BrE: -'''ery

'''físhery

'''fîery

'''bâkery

'''coòkery

sh- '''chicânery

stop stâtionary = paper '''stâtionery

'''conféctionery

míz- '''mísery

cürsory rhymes with '''nürsery

'''cémetery

'''quêry

'''véry

'''brâvery

'''recòvery

'''discòvery

'''quêry

'''frŷ

'''bélfry

'''ángry

'''húngry

mímicry rhymes with '''gímmickry

'''gŏry

'''glŏry

'''compúlsory

nürsery rhymes with '''cürsory

'''Tŏry

usually pronounced -trỳ in BrE, ŏ pronounced in AmE: -'''tory

'''oblígatory

'''óratory

AmE láboratŏry, BrE labóratory

'''satisfáctory

'''réctory

'''diréctory

'''trajéctory

'''dŏrmitory

'''stŏry

'''hístory

'''prŷ

'''Bárry

person Cárrie = fetch '''cárry

'''Hárry

'''márry

earth burỳ = fruit '''bérry

AmE -bérry, BrE -brêe '''bláckberry

'''blûeberry

AmE rázb-, BrE ràzb- '''rāspberry

'''stråwberry

'''lórry

'''sórry

AmE wörry, BrE '''wòrry

'''cúrry

'''fürry

'''húrry

'''trŷ

'''påltry

'''pléasantry

'''péasantry

'''bígotry

'''áncestry

'''sóphistry

ké- '''chémistry

fruit bérrỳ = earth '''bury

'''Dûry

'''Drûry

'''lúxury

mostly = -cỳ -'''sỳ

-zêe '''êasy

-sêe '''grêasy

-zêe '''quêasy

like demócracy, thêócracy all -ssy '''idiosýncrasy

-sêe '''écstasy

-zêe '''chêesy

cf. noun próphecỳ -sêe - verb '''próphesŷ

-sêe héresy

demócracy and thêócracy rhyme with '''hypócrisy

'''léprosy

-sêe '''émbassy

-sêe '''fússy

dízzy rhymes with *bízzy '''busy

-sêe '''jéalousy

-zêe Sûzy = Sûsie = Sûzie = '''Sûsy

-rity '''entîrety

'''cíty

'''felícity

'''stupídity

'''reálity

cf. spécialty - '''speciálity

'''mentálity

'''relîabílity

câ- '''capabílity

'''flexibílity

'''facílity

cf. attörney - '''etërnity

'''celébrity

'''iníquity

'''antíquity

'''fêalty

cf. speciálity - '''spécialty

'''lŏyalty

'''rŏyalty

'''crûelty

silent h - '''hónesty

'''feîsty

'''thïrsty

'''Kïrsty

goodbye, cricket bŷe = preposition bŷ = money '''buŷ

Guŷ = '''guŷ

'''nâvy

'''wâvy

'''bévy

cf. lévêe, Lêvî - '''Lêvy

'''îvy

'''prívy

'''ánchovy

'''scürvy

'''sávvy

'''cívvy

'''skívvy

'''deŵy

'''wáxy

'''fóxy

'''slêazy

'''dâzy

'''hâzy

'''lâzy

'''crâzy

'''whêezy

'''dízzy