-ax

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ax"

French

Etymology

Perhaps extracted from relax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Suffix

-ax (adjective-forming suffix, invariable)

1. (slang) Adjective-forming suffix.

   ‎furieux + ‎-ax → ‎furax

   ‎tendu + ‎-ax → ‎tendax

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ax

chanmax

furax

tendax

Latin

Etymology

Adjectival form of a Proto-Indo-European k-stem, from Proto-Italic *-āks from words of the form Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s. Compare Ancient Greek -αξ (-ax), Proto-Slavic *-akъ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aks]

Suffix

-āx (genitive -ācis); third-declension one-termination suffix

1. used to form adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination to the action of the root verb; -ish, -y

   audeō (“I dare”) > audāx (“bold”)

   edō (“I eat”) > edāx (“gluttonous, voracious”)

   loquor (“I talk”) > loquāx (“talkative”)

   pugnō (“I fight”) > pugnāx (“combative, fond of fighting”)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	-āx			-ācēs	-ācia
genitive	-ācis			-ācium
dative	-ācī			-ācibus
accusative	-ācem	-āx		-ācīs -ācēs	-ācia
ablative	-ācī -āce	-ācī		-ācibus
vocative	-āx			-ācēs	-ācia

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ax

abstinax

audax

bellax

bibax

capax

contumax

currax

dicax

edax

efficax

emax

expugnax

fallax

ferax

fugax

furax

linguax

loquax

maledicax

minax

mordax

nugax

pellax

perspicax

pertinax

pervicax

petax

procax

pugnax

rapax

retinax

sagax

salax

sebax

sequax

sonax

tagax

tenax

trahax

verax

vivax

vomax

vorax

Maltese

Etymology

From common dialectal Arabic -aʿš, -āš, from عَشَرة (ʕašara, “ten”), whence Maltese għaxra. There is evidence that the underlying għ had already been vocalised in this ending before the same happened as a general development in Maltese (hence also the lack of it in the spelling). We find the same vocalisation in some modern Arabic dialects; compare Egyptian Arabic حداشر (ḥidāšar, “eleven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃ/
• Sometimes shortened to /aʃ/, but still stressed.

Suffix

-ax

1. Used to form the pronominal forms of the cardinal numbers from 11 to 19; -teen.

   ‎tnejn (“two”) + ‎-ax → ‎tnax (“twelve”)

   ‎sebat (“seven”, attributive) + ‎-ax → ‎sbatax (“seventeen”)

Usage notes

• With numbers from 13 to 19, the form is derived from the long attributive form in -t of the underlying simple number. Slight vocalic changes may occur (as the loss of the e in sbatax above).
• Attributively, that is before a noun, numbers in -ax add the additional ending -il. See that lemma.