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Hungarian
Etymology
A variant of the verb-forming suffix -l.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ll
- (instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a verb to form a new verb expressing an instantaneous action. It is no longer productive in this sense.
- (verb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form a verb meaning "to consider/find/think as". In this sense, it is still productive.
- drága (“expensive”) + -ll → drágáll (“to find something expensive”)
Usage notes
- (all senses) Variants:
- -ll is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á.
- drága (“expensive”) + -ll → drágáll (“to find something expensive”)
- -oll is added to a few back-vowel words
- nagy (“big”) + -oll → nagyoll (“to find something too big”)
- -all is added to most back-vowel words
- sok (“many”) + -all → sokall (“to find something too much”)
- -ell is added to front-vowel words
- kevés (“few”) + -ell → kevesell (“to find something too little or insufficient”)
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