-cs

-cs

Hungarian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *-tś.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃ]

Suffix

-cs

1. (diminutive suffix) Appended to a noun to form a diminutive noun. No longer productive.

   ‎labda (“ball”) + ‎-cs → ‎labdacs (“pill”)

2. (noun-forming suffix) Appended to a verb to form a noun. No longer productive.

   ‎teker (“to twist, to wind”) + ‎-cs → ‎tekercs (“scroll; coil”)

Derived terms

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See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN