-ll
Hungarian
Etymology
A variant of the verb-forming suffix -l.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ll
- (instantaneous suffix, rare) Appended to a verb to form a new verb expressing instantaneous action. It is no longer productive in this sense.
- (verb-forming suffix) Appended to an adjective to form a verb meaning "to consider/find/think as". In this sense, it is still productive.
Usage notes
- (all senses) Harmonic variants:
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ -ll in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)