Word: clavies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cla
vies
Definition: Plural of clavy. A mantelpiece.
Morphemes:
Affix: clavie
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A cask split in two and ceremonially burned as part of an ancient Scottish custom still observed at Burghead, a fishing village on the Moray Firth.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.