-sít

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Hungarian

Etymology

From -s (adjective-forming suffix) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-sít

  1. (verb-forming suffix) -ify, -ise/-ize (added to a noun, adjective, adverb or verb to form a verb similarly to the suffix -ít)
    egyszerű (simple) + ‎-sít → ‎egyszerűsít (to simplify)

Usage notes

  • (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -sít is added to words ending in a vowel, especially -ó/-ő, -ú/-ű
    egyszerű (simple) + ‎-sít → ‎egyszerűsít (to simplify)
    -osít is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    gyarmat (colony) + ‎-osít → ‎gyarmatosít (to colonize)
    -asít is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    forradalom (revolution) + ‎-asít → ‎forradalmasít (to revolutionize)
    -esít is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    szent (saint) + ‎-esít → ‎szentesít (to sanctify)

Conjugation

For back-vowel verbs:

For front-vowel verbs:

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ -sít 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.)