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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ám
- (noun-forming suffix) Added to a stem or other parts of speech to form a noun.
- hullik (“to fall”) → hullám (“wave”)
- csill- → csillám (“glitter”) - for the same stem see csillog (“to shine, to glitter”)
- vil- → villám (“lightning”) - for the same stem see világ (“light, world”)
Usage notes
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -ám is added to back-vowel words
- -ém is added to front-vowel words
Derived terms
See also
Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese -ão.
Suffix
-ám (feminine -óna or -róna)
- masculine augmentative or otherwise noun-forming suffix
- goelâ (“to shout, to talk loudly”) + -ám → goelám (“person who talks at the top of their voice”)
Usage notes
- In the vast majority of cases, words ending in -ám were inherited from Portuguese -ão, and the suffix does not seem to be productive, unlike its feminine counterpart at times.
Derived terms