-dék

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See also: dek

Hungarian

Etymology

From -d (frequentative suffix) +‎ -ék (nominal-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-dék

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun to indicate the result of the action. No longer productive.

Usage notes

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -dék is added to some back-vowel words
    szán (to pity) + ‎-dék → ‎szándék (intention)
    -dok is added to some back-vowel words
    nyom (to weigh, press) + ‎-dok → ‎nyomdok (footstep, footprint, track)
    -adék is added to back-vowel words
    hull (to fall) + ‎-adék → ‎hulladék (waste, refuse, garbage)
    -edék is added to front-vowel words
    söpör (to sweep) + ‎-edék → ‎söpredék (riffraff, mob, rabble)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -dék -dékok
accusative -dékot -dékokat
dative -déknak -dékoknak
instrumental -dékkal -dékokkal
causal-final -dékért -dékokért
translative -dékká -dékokká
terminative -dékig -dékokig
essive-formal -dékként -dékokként
essive-modal -dékul
inessive -dékban -dékokban
superessive -dékon -dékokon
adessive -déknál -dékoknál
illative -dékba -dékokba
sublative -dékra -dékokra
allative -dékhoz -dékokhoz
elative -dékból -dékokból
delative -dékról -dékokról
ablative -déktól -dékoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-déké -dékoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-dékéi -dékokéi
Possessive forms of -dék
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -dékom -dékaim
2nd person sing. -dékod -dékaid
3rd person sing. -déka -dékai
1st person plural -dékunk -dékaink
2nd person plural -dékotok -dékaitok
3rd person plural -dékuk -dékaik

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ -dék in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, page 137, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)