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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From -o- (linking vowel) + -d (possessive suffix).
Suffix
-od
- (possessive suffix) your (second-person singular informal, single possession)
- kor (“age”) + -od → korod (“your age”)
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -d is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -ad is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -od is added to the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ed is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öd is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
Etymology 2
From -o- (linking vowel) + -d (personal suffix).
Suffix
-od
- (personal suffix) Forms the definite second-person singular indicative present of verbs.
- olvas (“to read”) + -od → olvasod (“you read something, you are reading something”)
Usage notes
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
Present tense definite – personal endings
Etymology 3
Suffix
-od
- (fraction-forming suffix) Added to a cardinal number to form a fraction. Variants: -d, -ad, -ed, -öd.
- hat (“six”) + -od → hatod (“ sixth”)
Derived terms
See also
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-od
- Used to form the past participle of class II weak verbs
- lufian (“to love”) + -od → lufod (“loved”)
Volapük
Suffix
-od
- Used to indicate a softer or less serious example
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-od
- forming plural nouns, -s
- Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys
- buwch (“cow”) + -od → buchod (“cows”)
- cath (“cat”) + -od → cathod (“cats”)
- eliffant (“elephant”) + -od → eliffantod (“elephants”)
- menyw (“woman”) + -od → menywod (“women”)
- Gwyddel (“Irish man”) + -od → Gwyddelod (“Irish people”)
Usage notes
This suffix is used in forming the plural of many animals.
Etymology 2
Suffix
-od
- blow, stroke
- dwrn (“fist”) + -od → dyrnod (“punch, thump”)
- cleddyf (“sword”) + -od → cleddyfod (“sword stroke, gash”)
- ffon (“stick”) + -od → ffonnod (“stroke with a stick, stripe”)
Usage notes
Unusually, this suffix has no fixed gender but instead takes on the gender of the root word it modifies.
Etymology 3
Suffix
-od m
- noun having the characteristics of
- rhyfedd (“strange, wondrous”) + -od → rhyfeddod (“wonder”)
Derived terms