-öz
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oz"
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -ö- (linking vowel) + -z (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -øz
Suffix
[edit]-öz
- (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a verb. Less frequently, it can also be found added onto other parts of speech.
- (frequentative suffix) Added to a verb to form a repetitive version of the verb.
Usage notes
[edit]- (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
- -z is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -oz is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -az is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ez is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öz is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -áz is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
Note: Certain words take another, synonymous suffix, -zik/-ozik/-azik/-ezik/-özik or -l/-ol/-al/-el/-öl/-ál.
- (frequentative suffix) Variants:
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Volapük
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-öz
- A suffix for verbs used as a jussive mood to form an emphatic command.