-log

-log

See also: log, lóg, lòg, lög, løg, log., and løg-

English

Alternative forms

• -logue

Etymology

From French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /lɒɡ/

Suffix

-log

1. Discourse of a specified kind.
2. Compilation.
3. (rare) -logist.

Derived terms

-discourse

• dialog
• epilog
• monolog
• prolog
• weblog

-compilation

• analog
• catalog

-logist

• ideolog
• theolog

Anagrams

• Glo.

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Czech

Suffix

-log

1. -logist

   ‎bio- + ‎-log → ‎biolog

   ‎geo- + ‎-log → ‎geolog

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -log

Related terms

• See logos

Further reading

• Slovotvorná charakteristika cizích slov, Naše řeč (1977)
• -log in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Hungarian

Etymology

-l (frequentative suffix) +‎ -o- +‎ -g (frequentative suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [loɡ]

Suffix

-log

1. (frequentative verb-forming suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb denoting repetitive action.

   társalog (“to chat”)

Usage notes

• (frequentative verb-forming suffix) No longer productive. Harmonic variants and alternative forms:

  -log is added to back vowel words

  -leg is added to unrounded front vowel words

  -lög is added to rounded front vowel words

  -lyog is added to back vowel words

  -lyeg is added to unrounded front vowel words

  -lyög is added to rounded front vowel words

Conjugation

conjugation of -log

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	-lgok	-logsz	-log	-lgunk	-logtok	-lognak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	-logtam	-logtál	-lgott	-logtunk	-logtatok	-logtak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	-lognék	-lognál	-logna	-lognánk	-lognátok	-lognának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	-logjak	-logj or -logjál	-logjon	-logjunk	-logjatok	-logjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	-logni		-lognom	-lognod	-lognia	-lognunk	-lognotok	-logniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			-lgás	-lgó	-lgott	―	-logva	-loghat

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -log

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

1. -log in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• -olog

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, speech; reason”), from λέγω (légō, “I arrange; say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːɡ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːɡ
• Hyphenation: -log
• Homophone: låg

Suffix

-log m (definite singular -logen, indefinite plural -loger, definite plural -logene)

1. (sciences) -logist, -log (a person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy (Norwegian Bokmål: -logi))

   arkeolog, egyptolog, ornitolog, hippolog ― archaeologist, Egyptologist, ornithologist, hippologist

2. -logue, -log (used to denote discourse of a specified kind; or a compilement of something)

   dialog, monolog, epilog, nekrolog, prolog ― dialogue, monologue, epilogue, obituary, prologue

Suffix

-log (singular neuter -logt, plural and definite -loge)

1. Used to form adjectives meaning equivalent to something; -logous

   heterolog, homolog ― heterologous, homologous

Related terms

• -logi (“-logy”), -ologi (“-ology”)

References

• “-log” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-log” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “-log” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• glo, gol, log

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Polish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: log

Suffix

-log m pers or f

1. -logist

   ‎-log → ‎biolog

Declension

Declension of -log

	singular	plural
nominative	-log	-lodzy/-logowie
genitive	-loga	-logów
dative	-logowi	-logom
accusative	-loga	-logów
instrumental	-logiem	-logami
locative	-logu	-logach
vocative	-logu	-lodzy/-logowie

Or indeclinable if feminine.

Derived terms

Category Polish terms suffixed with -log not found

See also

• -logia

Further reading

• -log in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• -log in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Suffix

-log c (definite singular -logen, indefinite plural -loger, definite plural -logerna)

1. -logist, describing a scientist, e.g. ekolog, hydrolog, kosmolog
2. -logue, describing a kind of speech, e.g. analog, dialog, katalog

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -log

See also

• -logi

Anagrams

• glo, gol