-es-
German
Alternative forms
- -s-
Interfix
-es-
- Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds.
- Bundesamt
See also
- -es
- -en-
Ido
Etymology
From esar (“to be”), and eso (“being”).
Suffix
-es-
- suffix used on transitive verbs to form an abbreviated passive verb (as opposed to "esar -ata").
- frapar (“to hit”) + -esar → frapesar (“being hit”), instead of "esar frapata"
- suffix used on transitive verbs to form a passive state noun.
- konstruktar (“to construct, build”) + -eso → konstrukteso (“(the act of) being built”)
- suffix used on nouns, adjectives and adverbs to form a noun with a state or abstract quality; -ion, -ness, -ity, -tude, -ship, -hood.
- frato (“sibling; brother or sister”) + -eso → frateso (“brotherhood, sisterhood”)
- blinda (“blind”) + -eso → blindeso (“blindness”)
- quale (“how, in what way”) + -eso → qualeso (“quality”)
- suffix used on nouns and adjectives to form an intransitive verb with the meaning: to be so as to indicate the root.
- simila (“similar”) + -esar → similesar (“to be similar (to), to resemble”)
Derived terms
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