-cska

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Suffix

-cska

  1. (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 -cska -cskák
accusative -cskát -cskákat
dative -cskának -cskáknak
instrumental -cskával -cskákkal
causal-final -cskáért -cskákért
translative -cskává -cskákká
terminative -cskáig -cskákig
essive-formal -cskaként -cskákként
essive-modal -cskául -cskákul
inessive -cskában -cskákban
superessive -cskán -cskákon
adessive -cskánál -cskáknál
illative -cskába -cskákba
sublative -cskára -cskákra
allative -cskához -cskákhoz
elative -cskából -cskákból
delative -cskáról -cskákról
ablative -cskától -cskáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		-cskáé -cskáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		-cskáéi -cskákéi
Possessive forms of -cska
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -cskám -cskáim
2nd person sing. -cskád -cskáid
3rd person sing. -cskája -cskái
1st person plural -cskánk -cskáink
2nd person plural -cskátok -cskáitok
3rd person plural -cskájuk -cskáik

Derived terms

Hungarian diminutive nouns suffixed with -cska
Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -cska
Hungarian proper nouns suffixed with -cska

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia