dys-

From New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult, bad”).

Often confused with the etymologically unrelated prefix dis-.

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/
• Homophones: dis, dis-, diss

dys-

2. difficult

   dyschezia, dysacusis, dysbasia, dyslexia, dyscopia

4. bad

   dysphoria, dystopia

   2. unhealthy, harmful

      dysaemia, dyscognitive

   4. painful

      dysejaculation, dysuria

   6. incorrect

      dysbalanced, dyschloremia, dysdifferentiation

   8. poor, deficient

      dysgraphia, dysphasia, dysoxic

6. abnormal

   dysgnathic, dysafferentation, dysesthesia

8. to fail

   dysautoregulation

10. inability, unable

    dyscontrol, dysmetria

12. (pathology) malady, disease

    dysendocrinism, dysexecutive, dysautonomia, dysbarism

14. not

    dysfluent

• (bad): mal-, mis-

  • (harmful): mal-
  • (painful): (loosely) -algia/(loosely) -algy, (loosely) -dynia
  • (incorrect): para-, dis-, mis-, mal-
  • (deficient): under-, hypo-, mal-

• (to fail): dis-, mis-
• (not): a-, an-, dys-, i-/il-/im-/in-/ir-, mal-, non-, un-

• (antonym(s) of “bad”): eu-

• dis-

• SYD, Syd, Syd., yds

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdys-], [dysˈ-]

dys-

1. dys-

• van-
• mis-

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/, /dis/

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dys-

1. dys-

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) expressing the idea of difficulty, or bad status.

• IPA^(key): /dis/

dys-

1. bad status
2. malfunctioning

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-).

dys-

1. Used to convey the idea of being difficult, impaired, abnormal, or bad

• Productive in New Latin.

• English: dys-

• List of Ancient Greek words starting with dus-, Perseus, Tufts

dys-

1. alternative form of dis-

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-).

dys-

1. dys-

• “dys-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-).

dys-

1. dys-

• “dys-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Latin dis-.

• IPA^(key): /dɘs/

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• Rhymes: -ɘs
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dys-

1. dys-

   ‎dys- + ‎harmonia → ‎dysharmonia

• dez-, de-

• dys- in Polish dictionaries at PWN