-ecske
Hungarian
Etymology
-e- + -cske
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛt͡ʃkɛ]
Suffix
-ecske
- (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, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -ecske | -ecskék |
| accusative | -ecskét | -ecskéket |
| dative | -ecskének | -ecskéknek |
| instrumental | -ecskével | -ecskékkel |
| causal-final | -ecskéért | -ecskékért |
| translative | -ecskévé | -ecskékké |
| terminative | -ecskéig | -ecskékig |
| essive-formal | -ecskeként | -ecskékként |
| essive-modal | -ecskéül | -ecskékül |
| inessive | -ecskében | -ecskékben |
| superessive | -ecskén | -ecskéken |
| adessive | -ecskénél | -ecskéknél |
| illative | -ecskébe | -ecskékbe |
| sublative | -ecskére | -ecskékre |
| allative | -ecskéhez | -ecskékhez |
| elative | -ecskéből | -ecskékből |
| delative | -ecskéről | -ecskékről |
| ablative | -ecskétől | -ecskéktől |
| Possessive forms of -ecske | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -ecském | -ecskéim |
| 2nd person sing. | -ecskéd | -ecskéid |
| 3rd person sing. | -ecskéje | -ecskéi |
| 1st person plural | -ecskénk | -ecskéink |
| 2nd person plural | -ecskétek | -ecskéitek |
| 3rd person plural | -ecskéjük | -ecskéik |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-ecske' title='Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ecske'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ecske</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes