-az

See also: Appendix:Variations of "az"

English

Alternative forms

• -azz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-az], [-ɑz], [-ɐz]
• Rhymes: -æz

Suffix

-az (noun-forming suffix, plural -az or -azes)

1. (Toronto, Southeastern-Ontario) Used to mark or derive certain nouns from verbs, adjectives, and other nouns.

Usage notes

The detail in semantics and applicability of the suffix is subtle and difficult to pin down, but has been described as 'intensifying' or 'emphatic'.

Derived terms

• deafaz
• hardaz
• spliffaz
• threeaz

Hungarian

Etymology

From -a- (linking vowel) + -z (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒz]
• Rhymes: -ɒz

Suffix

-az

1. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a verb.

   ‎alkalom (“occasion”) + ‎-az → ‎alkalmaz (“to apply”)

Usage notes

• (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.

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -az

alkalmaz

ágyaz

bántalmaz

díjaz

falaz

fogalmaz

forgalmaz

hajaz

jutalmaz

körvonalaz

nyugalmaz

nyugdíjaz

oltalmaz

rágalmaz

szabadalmaz

szavaz

szorgalmaz

tartalmaz

vajaz

vonalaz

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes