-só

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "so"

Hungarian

Etymology

From -s (adjective-forming suffix) +‎ -ó (adjective-forming suffix). The parts cohered in the Ancient Hungarian period.[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-só

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun or a stem to form an adjective.
    alsó (“bottom”)
    hátsó (“back”)
    utolsó (“last”)

Usage notes

  • (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
    -só is added to back-vowel words
    -ső is added to front-vowel words
  • The superlative form of the produced adjective is leg-…-só. The usual -bb suffix is added only in exceptional cases:
    alsó - alsóbb - legalsó - legeslegalsó

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -só
alsó
hátsó
hátulsó
oldalsó
túlsó
utolsó

See also

References

  1. ^ -só 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.)
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