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Abenaki
Suffix
-ok
- A suffix used to form the plurals of some animate words.
- agaskw (“woodchuck”) → agask(w)ok (“woodchucks”)
Usage notes
- Used to form the plurals of many words ending in w (which it may suppress), and of some other words (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language).
- See the usage notes at -ak.
Basque
Suffix
-ok
- Absolutive and ergative proximal plural suffix.
- we
- Ikasleok azterketa errezak nahiago ditugu. ― We students prefer easy exams.
- you
- these
- Otsoak mendiotan zehar dabiltza. ― There are wolves wandering around these mountains.
Usage notes
- There are two uses for this suffix:
- Replacing the normal plural -ak when the speaker/interlocutor is part of a group.
- A clitic equivalent of hauek (“these”). However, they aren't exact synonyms, as -ok often implies a real physical proximity.
- The inflection is similar to that of -ak, but replacing -e- by -o-.
Declension
Further reading
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From -o- (linking vowel) + -k (plural suffix).
Suffix
-ok
- (plural suffix) -s, -es
- kor (“age”) + -ok → korok (“ages”)
- Az elektromos autók hangtalanok. ― Electric cars are quiet.
Usage notes
- (plural suffix) Variants:
- -k is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- nő (“woman”) + -k → nők (“women”)
- fa (“tree”) + -k → fák (“trees”)
- csésze (“cup”) + -k → csészék (“cups”)
- -ak is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- ház (“house”) + -ak → házak (“houses”)
- -ok is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- pad (“bench”) + -ok → padok (“benches”)
- -ek is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- kert (“garden”) + -ek → kertek (“gardens”)
- könyv (“book”) + -ek → könyvek (“books”)
- -ök is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- kör (“circle”) + -ök → körök (“circles”)
- Note that the plural form is not used after definite and indefinite numerals in Hungarian: három könyv (“three books”), néhány óra múlva (“in a few hours’ time”). There are very few (traditional, archaic) exceptions, including háromkirályok (“the Three Magi”), mindenszentek (“All Saints”), and certain archaic phrases with összes (“all”) and minden (“every”) (see their Usage notes).
- The regular plural suffix for back-vowel adjectives is -ak, for example okosak (“smart/clever ones”). On the other hand, ethnonyms take -ok (e.g. olaszok (“Italians”), see the back-vowel terms in their category), as well as some other adjectives, including privative (“…-less”) ones (formed with -talan, -atlan, or -tlan). Rounded front-vowel adjectives normally take -ek, for example zöldek (“green ones”), except for demonyms (see rounded front-vowel terms in their category).
- If a word can be both a noun and an adjective, the form of its ending gives information about its function, e.g. játékosok (“players”, noun) and játékosak (“playful”, adjective as part of a plural predicate). The same distinction also exists with words with rounded front vowels, e.g. ismerős: ismerősök (“acquaintances”, noun) and ismerősek (“familiar”, adjective as part of a plural predicate).
Etymology 2
From -o- (linking vowel) + -k (personal suffix).
Suffix
-ok
- (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
- ír (“to write”) + -ok → írok (“I write, I am writing”)
- Levelet írok a szüleimnek. ― I'm writing a letter to my parents.
Usage notes
Present tense indefinite – personal suffixes
- (personal suffix) Variants:
- -ok is added to back-vowel verbs
- -ek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs
- -ök is added to rounded front-vowel verbs
- -om may be added to back-vowel -ik verbs
- -em may be added to unrounded front-vowel -ik verbs
- -öm may be added to rounded front-vowel -ik verbs
See also
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English -oc, -uc, from Proto-West Germanic *-uk, from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz. More at -ock.
Suffix
-ok
- suffix forming diminutives of nouns
Descendants
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
A contracted form of -voke, -voka, from Old Norse vaka (“wake, vigil”) (oblique case vǫku). Doublet of vake and vòke.
Suffix
-ok m
- Similar to English -mas.
Derived terms
References
- “-ok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔk/
- Rhymes: -ɔk
- Syllabification: ok
Suffix
-ok m
- forms masculine nouns, sometimes with a derogatory connotation
- jabłko + -ok → jabcok
Declension
Inanimate:
Animate:
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-ok (Cyrillic spelling -ок)
- Suffix appended to the present stem of verbs to form an adjective denoting a feature or a dimension.
- dub (“to hollow”) + -ok → dubok (“deep”)
See also
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ.
Suffix
-ok m
- used to form masculine nouns
Derived terms
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English -ok, -uk, from Old English -oc, -uc (diminutive suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-uk.
Suffix
-ok
- suffix forming diminutives of nouns
- haddokès, flaadhokes, thorelucke, lownnick.