-len

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Hungarian

Etymology

Probably a compound suffix from el (“past, over”) +‎ -en (adverb-forming suffix) meaning past a certain time, space or number.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-len

  1. (adverb-forming suffix, rare, archaic) Usually added to words ending in the terminative case suffix -ig (“until, till, up to”) and it means the inclusion of the mentioned boundary (not just up to the boundary).
    ‎pedig + ‎-len → ‎pediglen
    ‎eddig + ‎-len → ‎eddiglen

Usage notes

  • (adverb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -lan is added to back-vowel words
    -len is added to front-vowel words

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -len

References

  1. ^ -lan in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (’A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

Middle English

Suffix

-len

  1. Alternative form of -elen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish . Analyzable as -le (“noun-to-verb maker”) + -n (“reflexive mood”).

Pronunciation

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
-lan -len

-len

  1. Forms passive verb stems from nouns.
    ‎sinir (“anger”) + ‎-len → ‎sinirlenmek (“to get angry”)
    ‎endişe (“anxiety”) + ‎-len → ‎endişelenmek (“to get anxious”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -len
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