-acska

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Hungarian

Etymology

From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -cska (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-acska

(diminutive suffix) -let, -ette

Usage notes

(diminutive suffix) Variants:
-cska is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
‎falu (“village”) + ‎-cska → ‎falucska (“hamlet, a small village”)

‎Anna (“Ann”) + ‎-cska → ‎Annácska (“little Ann”)

-cske is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
‎szellő (“breeze”) + ‎-cske → ‎szellőcske (“a tiny breeze”)

‎mese (“tale, fable”) + ‎-cske → ‎mesécske (“a small fable”)

-ocska is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
‎hullám (“wave”) + ‎-ocska → ‎hullámocska (“wavelet”)

‎szobor (“statue”) + ‎-ocska → ‎szobrocska (“statuette”)

-acska is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
‎nyúl (“rabbit”) + ‎-acska → ‎nyulacska (“bunny”)

‎piros (“red”) + ‎-acska → ‎pirosacska (“slightly red”)

-ecske is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
‎csepp (“drop”) + ‎-ecske → ‎cseppecske (“droplet”)

‎könyv (“book”) + ‎-ecske → ‎könyvecske (“little book, booklet”)

-öcske is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
‎kör (“circle”) + ‎-öcske → ‎köröcske (“circlet, a small circle”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-acska	-acskák
accusative	-acskát	-acskákat
dative	-acskának	-acskáknak
instrumental	-acskával	-acskákkal
causal-final	-acskáért	-acskákért
translative	-acskává	-acskákká
terminative	-acskáig	-acskákig
essive-formal	-acskaként	-acskákként
essive-modal	-acskául	-acskákul
inessive	-acskában	-acskákban
superessive	-acskán	-acskákon
adessive	-acskánál	-acskáknál
illative	-acskába	-acskákba
sublative	-acskára	-acskákra
allative	-acskához	-acskákhoz
elative	-acskából	-acskákból
delative	-acskáról	-acskákról
ablative	-acskától	-acskáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	-acskáé	-acskáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	-acskáéi	-acskákéi

Possessive forms of -acska
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	-acskám	-acskáim
2nd person sing.	-acskád	-acskáid
3rd person sing.	-acskája	-acskái
1st person plural	-acskánk	-acskáink
2nd person plural	-acskátok	-acskáitok
3rd person plural	-acskájuk	-acskáik

Derived terms

Hungarian diminutive nouns suffixed with -acska

See also

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