fizzy, bunny, nanny, funny, puppy, sunny, foggy, witty, messy, flossy
you need to double the consonant and add er
As with other words ending in consonant-Y, the plural is BURGLARIES.
Change the y to i and add es. For example, baby becomes babies.
When a suffix is added to a word ending in a consonant the y changes to an I.
loony
A Gerund is formed by adding -ing to the word. English has different rules about adding -ing. For example, words that end in a vowel or consonant; words that need a consonant doubled first; words ending in y. Examples: Add Adding (no changes before -ing) Abide Abiding (drop the e first) bed bedding (double the consonant)
Words that drop the ending "y" and add "-ies" are those for which the penultimate letter of the word is a consonant. As the penultimate letter of keys is a vowel, the final consonant y is retained and an s is added at the end.
Plural nouns change when the word ends in consonant-Y.baby/babiespenny/penniesWords ending in a vowel pair with y form normal S plurals.buy/buysobey/obeysmonkey/monkeysThe same applies to adding comparative suffixes: consonant Y changes, vowel Y does not.hungry --> hungriergray --> grayer
If the word ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern it gets a double consonant +EDe.g. RUB > RUBBED HOP > HOPPEDIf the word ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern it gets a double consonant +INGe.g. RUB > RUBBING HOP > HOPPINGWords ending in w,x,y,z don't follow this rule, just add ED or ING e.g. snowed, snowing, boxed, boxing
The plural of cavity is cavities.The rule for plurals of words ending with a consonant + yis to change the y to an i and add es.Other examples:baby, babiesparty, partiesThe plurals of proper names ending with consonant + y is to just add s.e.g.Kennedy, KennedysJuly, Julys
"Y" works as a consonant, for example, in the words year, youth, yesterday. It also works as a vowel in some words, for example, all the adverbs ending with 'ly" such as quickly or suddenly, and others like myopia.
The rule is: For verbs of one syllable ending in one vowel and one consonant, the consonant is doubled --- stop/stopped, plan/planned The consonant is not doubled if it is y or w -- play/played, show/showed.