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Hungarian
Etymology
From -a- (linking vowel) + -g (frequentative and nominal-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ag
- (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
- kacag (“to laugh”)
- (nominal-forming suffix) Added to a verb or a noun to form a noun or an adjective.
- oszt (“to deal out”) + -ag → osztag (“squad”)
- ló (“horse”) + -ag → lovag (“knight”)
- hallgat (“to remain silent”) + -ag → hallgatag (“taciturn, reserved”)
Usage notes
- (frequentative suffix) Variants:
- -g is added to words ending in a vowel
- -og is added to some back-vowel words
- -ag is added to other back-vowel words
- -eg is added to unrounded front-vowel words
- -ög is added to rounded front-vowel words
- (nominal-forming suffix) Variants:
- -g is added to words ending in a vowel
- -ag is added to back vowel words
- -eg is added to front vowel words
Derived terms
See also
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -agh.
Suffix
-ag f
- A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
Derived terms
Ojibwe
Suffix
-ag
- A suffix denoting the third-person plural of an animate noun
- A suffix denoting the first-person singular to third person singular proximate conjunct form of an transitive animate verb (vta)
See also
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
Suffix
-ag
- forming adjectives from a-stem nouns and verbs (see English -y)
Descendants
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -ach.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ag f
- A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
- slat (“stick, rod, twig, switch, wand”) + -ag → slatag (“violin bow, wand”)
- bior (“prickle, thorn”) + -ag → biorag (“small thorn, small prickle”)
- nighean (“daughter, girl”) + -ag → nìghneag (“little girl, daughterling”)
Derived terms
Volapük
Suffix
-ag
- Used to indicate an abundance.
Derived terms
Category Volapük terms suffixed with -ag not found