-kás

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Hungarian

Etymology

From -ka (diminutive suffix) +‎ -s (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-kás

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form a new adjective expressing easement or reduction of the original quality: -ish
    hosszú (long) + ‎-kás → ‎hosszúkás (longish)

Usage notes

  • (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
    -kás is added to back-vowel verbs
    -kés is added to front-vowel verbs

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -kás -kásak
accusative -kásat -kásakat
dative -kásnak -kásaknak
instrumental -kással -kásakkal
causal-final -kásért -kásakért
translative -kássá -kásakká
terminative -kásig -kásakig
essive-formal -kásként -kásakként
essive-modal
inessive -kásban -kásakban
superessive -káson -kásakon
adessive -kásnál -kásaknál
illative -kásba -kásakba
sublative -kásra -kásakra
allative -káshoz -kásakhoz
elative -kásból -kásakból
delative -kásról -kásakról
ablative -kástól -kásaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-kásé -kásaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-káséi -kásakéi

Derived terms

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