the fifth letter and second vowel of the modern English alphabet
any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in he, bet, or below
suffix
for nouns ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, for some nouns ending in a vowel, and nouns in f with v in the plural, a variant of -s1 ⇒ ashes , heroes , calves
for verbs ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, or a vowel, a variant of -s1 ⇒ preaches , steadies , echoes
suffix
forming the plural of most nouns ⇒ boys , boxes
suffix
forming the third person singular present indicative tense of verbs ⇒ he runs , she washes