-ll

-ll

See also: ll, Ll, LL, ll., 'll, and L-L

Hungarian

Etymology

A variant of the verb-forming suffix -l.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lː]

Suffix

-ll

1. (instantaneous suffix, rare) Appended to a verb to form a new verb expressing instantaneous action. It is no longer productive in this sense.
2. (verb-forming suffix) Appended to an adjective to form a verb meaning "to consider/find/think as". In this sense, it is still productive.

   drága (“expensive”) → drágáll (“to find something expensive”)

Usage notes

• (all senses) Harmonic variants:

  -ll is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á.

  drága (“expensive”) → drágáll (“to find something expensive”)

  -all is added to back vowel words

  sok (“many”) → sokall (“to find something too much”)

  -ell is added to front vowel words

  kevés (“few”) → kevesell (“to find something too little or insufficient”)

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