-lat

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Hungarian

Etymology

From -l (verb-forming suffix) +‎ -at (noun-forming suffix), created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The neologists popularized it based on verbs ending in -l and further derived with -at/-et.[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-lat

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to different parts of speech to form a noun.
    ‎magas (“tall”) + ‎-lat → ‎magaslat (“elevation”)

Usage notes

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -lat is added to back-vowel words
    -let is added to front-vowel words
  • Some nouns endomg in -lat do not belong to this category. The suffix -at is added after a stem-final -l, for example jóslat.

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -lat

See also

References

  1. ^ -lat 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, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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