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Hungarian
Etymology
From -e- (linking vowel) + -llik (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ellik
- (verb-forming suffix) Front-vowel variant of -llik.
Usage notes
- (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
- -lik is added to both back-vowel and front-vowel words.
- kék (“blue”) + -lik → kéklik (“to appear blue”)
- hanyatt (“on one's back”) + -lik → hanyatlik (“to decline, fall, deteriorate”)
- -llik is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á. Final -e changes to -é.
- barna (“brown”) + -llik → barnállik (“to appear in brown color”)
- fekete (“black”) + -llik → feketéllik (“to appear in black color”)
- -allik is added to back-vowel words
- nyíl (“arrow”) + -allik → nyilallik (“(of pain) to stab, to feel like a dagger”)
- -ollik is added to some back-vowel words
- torok (“throat”) + -ollik → torkollik (“to end in something”)
- -ellik is added to front-vowel words
- szög (“angle”) + -ellik → szögellik (“to stretch out at an angle”)
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