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-es (iz, əz, z)

  1. forming the plural of nouns ending in the sounds (s), (z), (s̸h), and (c̸h): an apostrophe can then be added to form the possessive plural glasses, buzzes, fishes; witches'

  2. Etymology: ME < Northumbrian OE -s, 3d pers. sing., pres. tense inflection of verbs

    forming the 3d person sing., pres. indic., of certain verbs he kisses

Etymology: ME < OE -as, pl. inflection of masc. nouns

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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