-ag
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ag"
Hungarian
Etymology
-a- + -g
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɒɡ]
Suffix
-ag
- (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
- kacag (“to laugh”)
- (nominal suffix) Added to a verb or a noun to form a noun or an adjective.
- oszt (“to deal out”) → osztag (“squad”)
- ló (“horse”) → lovag (“knight”)
- hallgat (“to remain silent”) → hallgatag (“taciturn, reserved”)
Usage notes
- (frequentative suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -g is added to words ending in a vowel
- -og is added to some back vowel words
- -ag is added to other back vowel words
- -eg is added to unrounded front vowel words
- -ög is added to rounded front vowel words
- (nominal suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -g is added to words ending in a vowel
- -ag is added to back vowel words
- -eg is added to front vowel words
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-ag' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ag'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ag</a>
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-ag' title='Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ag'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ag</a>
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_adjectives_suffixed_with_-ag' title='Category:Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ag'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ag</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -agh.
Suffix
-ag f
- A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Manx_words_suffixed_with_-ag' title='Category:Manx words suffixed with -ag'>Manx words suffixed with -ag</a>
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
Suffix
-ag
- forming adjectives from a-stem nouns and verbs (see English -y)
Related terms
- -ig
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak/
Suffix
-ag f
- A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
- slat (“stick, rod, twig, switch, wand”) + -ag → slatag (“violin bow, wand”)
- bior (“prickle, thorn”) + -ag → biorag (“small thorn, small prickle”)
- nighean (“daughter, girl”) + -ag → nìghneag (“little girl, daughterling”)
- Often used for female given names.
- Mòrag, Sìneag, Annag, Beathag
- Often used for female given names.
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Scottish_Gaelic_words_suffixed_with_-ag' title='Category:Scottish Gaelic words suffixed with -ag'>Scottish Gaelic words suffixed with -ag</a>
Volapük
Suffix
-ag
- Used to indicate an abundance.
Derived terms
Category Volapük words suffixed with -ag not found