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| a native English suffix of nouns denoting condition, character, office, skill, etc.: clerkship; friendship; statesmanship. |
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| -ship suff.
[Middle English, from Old English -scipe.] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : -ship
Spanish:
barco, buque, navío, embarcación,
German:
das Schiff,
Japanese:
船
-ship
O.E. -sciepe, Anglian -scip "state, condition of being," from P.Gmc. *-skapaz (cf. O.N. -skapr, O.Fris. -skip, Du. -schap, Ger. -schaft), from base *skap- "to create, ordain, appoint." Cognate with O.E. gesceape (see shape).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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