-acska
Hungarian
Etymology
-a- + -cska
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɒt͡ʃkɒ]
Suffix
-acska
- (diminutive suffix) -let, -ette
Usage notes
- (diminutive suffix) Variants:
- -cska is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- falu (“village”) → falucska (“hamlet, a small village”)
- Anna (“Ann”) → Annácska (“little Ann”)
- -cske is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- szellő (“breeze”) → szellőcske (“a tiny breeze”)
- mese (“tale, fable”) → mesécske (“a small fable”)
- -ocska is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
- hullám (“wave”) → hullámocska (“wavelet”)
- szobor (“statue”) → szobrocska (“statuette”)
- -acska is added to other back vowel words ending in a consonant
- nyúl (“rabbit”) → nyulacska (“bunny”)
- piros (“red”) → pirosacska (“slightly red”)
- -ecske is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
- csepp (“drop”) → cseppecske (“droplet”)
- -öcske is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
- kör (“circle”) → köröcske (“circlet, a small circle”)
- -cska is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -acska | -acskák |
| accusative | -acskát | -acskákat |
| dative | -acskának | -acskáknak |
| instrumental | -acskával | -acskákkal |
| causal-final | -acskáért | -acskákért |
| translative | -acskává | -acskákká |
| terminative | -acskáig | -acskákig |
| essive-formal | -acskaként | -acskákként |
| essive-modal | -acskául | -acskákul |
| inessive | -acskában | -acskákban |
| superessive | -acskán | -acskákon |
| adessive | -acskánál | -acskáknál |
| illative | -acskába | -acskákba |
| sublative | -acskára | -acskákra |
| allative | -acskához | -acskákhoz |
| elative | -acskából | -acskákból |
| delative | -acskáról | -acskákról |
| ablative | -acskától | -acskáktól |
| Possessive forms of -acska | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -acskám | -acskáim |
| 2nd person sing. | -acskád | -acskáid |
| 3rd person sing. | -acskája | -acskái |
| 1st person plural | -acskánk | -acskáink |
| 2nd person plural | -acskátok | -acskáitok |
| 3rd person plural | -acskájuk | -acskáik |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-acska' title='Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -acska'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -acska</a>
See also
- -ka/-ke
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes