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Hungarian
Etymology
-a (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural) + -d (second-person singular personal suffix)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-aid
- (possessive suffix) your ... -s (second-person singular informal, multiple possessions)
- ház (“house”) → a házaid (“your houses”)
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -id is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -aid is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -eid is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -jaid is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
- -jeid is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
Declension
See also
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-aid (plural -eidiau)
- Forming nouns denoting the amount contained, -ful
- Synonym: llond
- cwpan (“cup”) + -aid → cwpanaid (“cupful”)
- llwy (“spoon”) + -aid → llwyaid (“spoonful”)
- potel (“bottle”) + -aid → potelaid (“bottleful”)
Usage notes
Unusually, this suffix has no fixed gender but instead takes on the gender of the root word it modifies.
Etymology 2
-ad with i-affection
Alternative forms
Suffix
-aid
- Forms plural nouns., -s
- Synonyms: -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys
- meudwy (“hermit”) + -aid → meudwyaid (“hermits”)
- Pharo (“Pharaoh”) + -aid → Pharoaid (“Pharaohs”)
- plural of -ad
Derived terms
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-aid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii 3