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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French -el, ultimately from Latin -ālis.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ell
- pertaining or adhering to; adjectival suffix attaching to nouns
Derived terms
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Hungarian
Etymology
From -e- (linking vowel) + -ll (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ell
- (instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a verb to form a new verb expressing instantaneous action. It is no longer productive in this sense.
- szökell (“to leap”)
- (verb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form a verb meaning "to consider/find/think as". In this sense, it is still productive.
- kevés (“few”) + -ell → kevesell (“to find something too little or insufficient”)
Usage notes
- (all senses) Variants:
- -ll is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á.
- drága (“expensive”) + -ll → drágáll (“to find something expensive”)
- -oll is added to a few back-vowel words
- nagy (“big”) + -oll → nagyoll (“to find something too big”)
- -all is added to most back-vowel words
- sok (“many”) + -all → sokall (“to find something too much”)
- -ell is added to front-vowel words
- kevés (“few”) + -ell → kevesell (“to find something too little or insufficient”)
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ell
- Alternative form of -al
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ell
- Alternative form of -el (agentive suffix)
Etymology 3
Suffix
-ell
- Alternative form of -el (diminutive suffix)
Swedish
Suffix
-ell
- -al, of or pertaining to; making an adjective based on a noun
Derived terms
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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *-ell, in at least some cases from Latin -illa. Cognate with Cornish -ell.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ell f (plural -ellau)
- instrument, tool
- rhathu (“rub, scrape”) + -ell → rhathell (“file, rasp”)
- bys (“finger”) + -ell → bysell (“(computer keyboard) key”)
- allwedd (“(house, piano) key”) + -ell → allweddell (“keyboard”)
- diminutive suffix
- traeth (“beach”) + -ell → traethell (“strand, sandbank”)
- pib (“pipe”) + -ell → pibell (“pipe”)
- female or young animal
- iwrch (“roe deer”) + -ell → iyrchell (“female or young roe deer”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-ell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies