-ek

See also ek, ek-, ék, -ék, Ek, EK, and ÉK

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ek/

Suffix

-ek

1. Adjectival suffix
   • douar (“earth”) > douarek (“earthy, earthly”)
   • dour (“water”) > dourek (“watery, humid”)
   • houarn (“iron”) > houarnek (“ferrous”)

Derived terms

[+] Breton words suffixed with -ek

Related terms

• -eg

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛk/

Etymology 1

-e- (“linking vowel”) + -k (“plural suffix”)

Suffix

-ek

1. -s (plural suffix)

   kert (“garden”) → kertek (“gardens”)

Declension

declension of -ek singular plural nominative - -ek accusative - -eket dative - -eknek instrumental - -ekkel causal-final - -ekért translative - -ekké terminative - -ekig essive-formal - -ekként essive-modal - -ekül inessive - -ekben superessive - -eken adessive - -eknél illative - -ekbe sublative - -ekre allative - -ekhez elative - -ekből delative - -ekről ablative - -ektől

Usage notes

• (plural suffix): Member of the following suffix cluster:

  -k is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -ok is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ak is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ek is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ök is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

Etymology 2

-e- (“linking vowel”) + -k (“personal suffix”)

Suffix

-ek

1. Added to a verb to form the first-person singular form, indicative mood, present tense, indefinite conjugation.

   kér (“to ask”) → kérek (“I ask, I am asking”)

Usage notes

• Member of the following suffix cluster:

  -ok is added to back vowel verbs

  -ek is added to unrounded front vowel verbs

  -ök is added to rounded front vowel verbs

See also

• Category:Hungarian plurals
• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Kurdish

Etymology

Cognate with yek (one)

Article

-ek

1. a, an (indefinite article)

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Polish

Suffix

-ek m

1. masculine diminutive noun suffix

Declension

    declension of -ek

	singular	plural
nominative	-ek	-ki
genitive	-ka	-ków
dative	-kowi	-kom
accusative	-ka/-ek**	-ków/-ki*
instrumental	-kiem	-kami
locative	-ku	-kach
vocative	-ku	-ki

* for impersonal nouns

** for inanimate nouns

Derived terms

[+] Polish words suffixed with -ek

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Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ek (Cyrillic spelling -ек)

1. Suffix appended to the present stem of verbs or nouns to form an adjective denoting a feature or a dimension.

   • Proto-Slavic *dalь + -ek → dalek (“far”).

See also

• -ak
• -ok

Suffix

-ek (Cyrillic spelling -ек)

1. (Kajkavian) Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a performer, feature, human relation, result of an action, object, diminutive or a proper name.