-ellik
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From -e- (linking vowel) + -llik (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ellik
- (verb-forming suffix) Front-vowel variant of -llik.
Usage notes[edit]
- (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
- -lik is added to both back-vowel and front-vowel words.
- -llik is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á. Final -e changes to -é.
- barna (“brown”) + -llik → barnállik (“to appear in brown color”)
- fekete (“black”) + -llik → feketéllik (“to appear in black color”)
- -allik is added to back-vowel words
- -ollik is added to some back-vowel words
- -ellik is added to front-vowel words
Derived terms[edit]
Category Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ellik not found