-ál
See also: Appendix:Variations of "al"
Hungarian
Etymology
-á- + -l
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aːl]
Suffix
-ál
- (verb-forming suffix) Same as -l with the -á- linking vowel. Used for integrating loanwords into Hungarian.
- telefon (“telephone”) → telefonál (“to telephone”)
- (frequentative suffix) Appended to a verb to form a verb to express repetitive action.
- dob (“to throw”) → dobál (“to throw one after the other”)
- (noun-forming suffix, archaic) Appended to a verb to form a noun.
- fon (“to weave”) → fonál (“thread”)
- (personal suffix) Used in the second-person singular indefinite form of verbs. It appears in past tense as -tál, in conditional mood present as -nál and in subjunctive mood present as -jál.
- tud (“to know”)
- Tudtál erről? ― Did you know about this?
- Tudnál segíteni? ― Could you help?
- Azt akarta, hogy tudjál róla. ― He wanted you to know about it.
- tud (“to know”)
Usage notes
- (verb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -l is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-. Final long vowels may shorten, e.g. ű → ü.
- -ol is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
- -al is added to other back vowel words ending in a consonant
- -el is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öl is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ál is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
- (frequentative suffix) Variants:
- -ál is added to back vowel verbs
- -él is added to front vowel verbs
- (archaic noun suffix) Variants:
- -ál is added to back vowel verbs
- -él is added to front vowel verbs
- See also the suffix variants -al/-el.
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-%C3%A1l' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ál'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ál</a>
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-%C3%A1l' title='Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ál'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ál</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes