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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-etlen (comparative -etlenebb, superlative leg- -etlenebb)
- (adjective-forming suffix) -less, un-, dis- (a privative suffix added to a noun or a verb to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something)
- fej (“head”) + -etlen → fejetlen (“headless; confused”)
- ismer (“to know”) + -etlen → ismeretlen (“unknown”)
Usage notes
- (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
- -talan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -telen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -tlan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -tlen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -atlan is added to back-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -etlen is added to front-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
- gond (“care”) → gondtalan (“carefree”)
- gond (“care”) → gondatlan (“careless”)
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