-ias

See also: ias, ías, and -ías

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iʲɒʃ]

Suffix

-ias

1. (adjective suffix) reminding of, appropriate to, characteristic of. Added to a noun to form an adjective.

   város (“city, town”) → városias (“urban, reminding of/appropriate to a city or town”)

Usage notes

• (adjective suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -ias is added to back vowel words

  -ies is added to front vowel words

Derived terms

► Hungarian words suffixed with -ias

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Latin

Suffix

-iās

1. accusative feminine plural of -ius

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Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• -jas (after vowels)
• -ỹs (under stress)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ʲɐs/

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ios; which also gave Latvian -̧s, -̧š – compare žálias : zaļš (“green”); tùsčias : tukšs (“empty”). Also related is the Proto-Slavic masculine *-ь. Ultimately, a thematised variant of i-stems (see -is), either of Proto-Indo-European age (cf. *-yós), or of more recent formation. Under stress, *-iós gave Lithuanian -ỹs; see for more.

Suffix

-ias

1. Masculine nominative singular ending for i̯o-stem nouns and adjectives.

   (nouns): élnias, kélias, mẽdžias, svẽčias, vélnias

   (adjectives): bẽrgždžias, kùrčias, pė́ščias, šviẽžias, trẽčias, tùsčias, žálias

Declension

(nouns):

declension of -ias

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	-ias	-iai
genitive (kilmininkas)	-io	-ių
dative (naudininkas)	-iui	-iams
accusative (galininkas)	-ią	-ius
instrumental (įnagininkas)	-iu	-iais
locative (vietininkas)	-yje	-iuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	-iau	-iai

See also

• -ius