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English
Suffix
-d
- Alternative form of -ed now only standard with words which end in -e, but historically permissable in all the same places as -ed.
- bone → boned, pirouette → pirouetted, learn → learnd
- An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense.
- damn → damnd (→ damnded), drown → drownd (→ drownded)
- Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "second" or "third"
- 2d grade; 23d century
Synonyms
- (marking ordinals ending with "second"): -nd
- (marking ordinals ending with "third"): -rd
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse -d, -ð, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō.
Suffix
-d f (genitive -dar, plural -dir)
- -th, -ness
Declension
Derived terms
Fula
Affix
-d
- (Pulaar) indicates that the action is performed with someone or something
- haalde (“to say, speak”) + -d → haaldude (“to talk to each other, negotiate, transact”)
Usage notes
- placed between the verb stem and the ending
References
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
Hungarian
Etymology 1
From the *mtᴕ̈ second-person personal pronoun of the ancestor language after it was appended to the base word.
Suffix
-d
- (possessive suffix) your (second-person singular informal, single possession)
- hajó (“boat”) → a hajód (“your boat”)
- kocsi (“car”) → a kocsid (“your car”)
- palota (“palace”) → a palotád (“your palace”)
- érme (“coin”) → az érméd (“your coin”)
- (personal suffix) Second-person singular personal suffix:
- Definite forms of transitive verbs (followed by a linking vowel in indicative present/past and subjunctive moods; with no linking vowel in conditional mood).
- tud (“to know”) → tudod, tudtad, tudjad, tudnád (“you know / knew / should know / would know it”)
- kér (“to ask ”) → kéred, kérted, kérjed, kérnéd (“you ask / asked / should ask / would ask for it”)
- Combined form of a covert (∅) allophone of -j (subjunctive suffix) and the regular suffix -(a/e)d (above), marking the short form of the above person of the definite subjunctive (attached directly to a verb stem).
- tud + -d → tudd (= tudjad (“you should know it”)
- kér + -d → kérd (= kérjed) (“you should ask for it”)
- Forming conjugated infinitives (here: “for you to do sth”).
- tanulni (“to study”) + -d → tanulnod kell (“you need to study”, literally “for_you_to_study is_necessary”)
- Csak kérned kell. ― All you have to do is ask . (literally, “only for_you_to_ask is_necessary”)
- Declined and postpositional forms of the second-person personal pronoun te (“you”).
- -ban/-ben (“in”) + -d → benned (“in you”)
- elé (“in front of”) + -d → eléd (“in front of you”)
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -d is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -ad is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -od is added to the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ed is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öd is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- (personal suffix) See variants in the table below.
Subjunctive/imperative definite – personal endings
Person
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Back vowel
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Front vowel
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én
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1st person singular
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-jam
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-jem
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te
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2nd person singular
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-d
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long form
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-jad
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-jed
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ő maga / ön
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3rd person singular
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-ja
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-je
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mi
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1st person plural
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-juk
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-jük
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ti
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2nd person plural
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-játok
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-jétek
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ők maguk / önök
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3rd person plural
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-ják
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-jék
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See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
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Verb ending
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Assimilation rules of -j
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s sz z dz
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The -j assimilates to the verb ending: keres → keress metsz → metssz hoz → hozz edz → eddz (No change in the short -d form of 2nd-person singular definite: keresd, metszd, hozd, edzd.)
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st szt
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The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz: fest → fess fáraszt → fárassz Short -d forms: fesd, fáraszd.
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long vowel + t or consonant + t
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The -j becomes -s: segít → segíts bont → bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss Short -d forms: segítsd, bontsd; lásd, bocsásd.
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short vowel + t
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Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s: mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress Short -d forms: mutasd, szeresd.
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Etymology 2
It can be traced back to Proto-Finno-Ugric *-nt.[1]
Suffix
-d
- (noun-forming suffix) Originally, it was probably a diminutive suffix. In this sense, it is no longer productive. It can be found in place names, given names, and a few other words.
- apró (“tiny”) → apród (“page boy”)
- gyenge (“weak”) → gyengéd (“gentle”)
- Árpád (“a male given name”)
- (verb-forming suffix) A frequentative suffix or denoting the beginning of a process.
- -dék
- imád
- szenved
- (fraction-forming suffix) Added to a cardinal number to form a fraction. It is used with a linking vowel, see -ad, -od, -ed, -öd.
- száz (“hundred”) → század (“hundredth”)
Derived terms
See also
References
Lushootseed
Suffix
-d
- denotes an action performed on someone or something else (transitive suffix; allows for a direct complement patient, creating a patient-oriented verb)
Middle English
Etymology 1
Suffix
-d
- Alternative form of -th
Etymology 2
Suffix
-d
- Alternative form of -the (ordinal suffix)
Ojibwe
Final
-d
- act on
Derived terms
See also
References
Suffix
-d
- A suffix denoting the third-person singular conjunct form of an animate intransitive verb (vai)
- A suffix denoting the third-person singular conjunct form of an animate intransitive verb with an object (vai+o)
- A suffix denoting the third-person singular conjunct form of a Type 3 inanimate transitive verb (vti3)
- A suffix denoting the third-person singular to first-person singular conjunct form of a transitive animate verb (vta) with Cw ending
See also
Swedish
Suffix
-d
- Suffix to form the past participle of weakly inflected verbs, to be used when the corresponding participle belongs with a common noun in indefinite singular form.
See also