-ig
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA: /əx/
- (Belgium) IPA: /əç/
[edit] Suffix
-ig
- -y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems
[edit] Derived terms
Derived terms
[edit] German
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪç/
[edit] Suffix
-ig
- -y, forming adjectives from nouns
- forming adjectives from verbs, well doing
- forming adjectives from adverbs
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
[edit] Hungarian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ig/
[edit] Suffix
-ig
- (time, spacial) until, till, up to
- Ötig dolgozom. - I work until five o'clock.
- Az állomásig busszal mentünk, de onnan hazáig már gyalog. - We traveled by bus to the station but from there to home we walked.
- for a specified length of time
- 10 percig olvastam a levelet, olyan hosszú volt. - I was reading the letter for 10 minutes, it was so long.
[edit] Usage notes
The suffix -ig is the terminative case ending used by both back and front vowel nouns and adjectives.
- (until): With pointlike events or places the meaning is clear. However, it is ambiguous when the given event itself is lasting for some time or the given object is such that it counts whether it is included, excluded or partially included.
- Szerdáig van időd. - You got time until Wednesday.
- with exclusion: on Wednesday 00:01 A.M. you are already late. (rare, probably would say keddig; until Tuesday)
- with partial inclusion: the border line is somewhere during the day. (most likely)
- with full inclusion: you have the full Wednesday. (also possible)
- Szerdáig van időd. - You got time until Wednesday.
[edit] See also
[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-īǥa- and Proto-Germanic *-aǥa-, from Proto-Indo-European *-qo-. Cognate with Old Saxon -ag, -ig (Dutch -ig), Old High German -ag, -īg (German -ig), Old Norse -agr, -igr; and with Welsh -eg, Latin -icus, Ancient Greek -ικος, Sanskrit -इक.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ij/
[edit] Suffix
-iġ
- forming adjectives from nouns and verbs (see -y)
