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Hungarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-ú
- (adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective denoting possession or similarity. It is used only in parasynthetic compounds, requiring a preceding adjective or a compound structure. Similar in function to English -ed.
- nagy (“láb”) + láb (“foot”) → nagy lábú ember (“a man with big feet / a big-footed man”)
- vörös (“red”) + haj (“hair”) → vörös hajú (“redheaded”)
Usage notes
- (adjective-forming suffix): Variants:
- -ú is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ű is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -jú is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -jű is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
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Irish
Etymology 1
From -aigh + -adh.
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Suffix
-ú m
- Regular verbal noun of second-conjugation verbs, notably verbs in -aigh.
- tosaigh (“begin”) + -ú → tosú (“commencement”)
- uraigh (“eclipse”, verb) + -ú → urú (“eclipse”, noun)
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Etymology 2
From Old Irish -mad, from Proto-Celtic *-metos; compare Welsh -fed. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic -amh.
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Suffix
-ú
- -th (suffix forming ordinal numbers)
- ocht (“eight”) + -ú → ochtú (“eighth”)
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