Category:-s

-s.

1. Etym: [oe. es, as. as.]

Defn: the suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, Elfs, sides, accounts.

2. Etym: [oe. -s, for older -th, as. -th.]

Defn: the suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in the falls, tells, sends.

3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally The genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.