Word: syzygies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sy
zy
gies
Definition: Plural of syzygy; the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system
Morphemes:
Affix: syzygy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs at an eclipse.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: συν-
Language: grc
Decoded: sun-
Meaning: together
Affix: ζυγός
Language: grc
Decoded: zugos
Meaning: yoke, pair
Affix: -ία
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns
Affix: -ies
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural forms of nouns endings in consonant-y.