-og

See also: og, Og, OG, óg, òg, o. g., 'og, and -óg

Hungarian

Etymology

-o- + -g (frequentative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oɡ]

Suffix

-og

1. (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.

   vacog (“to chatter - to shut and open the mouth quickly in the cold”)

   mosoly (“smile”) → mosolyog (“to smile”)

Usage notes

• (frequentative suffix) Variants:

  -g is added to words ending in a vowel

  -og is added to some back-vowel words

  -ag is added to other back-vowel words

  -eg is added to unrounded front-vowel words

  -ög is added to rounded front-vowel words

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -og

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh -awc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos, *-eh₂ḱos, from a-stem suffix *-eh₂- + adjectival suffix *-kos, *-ḱos. Akin to Irish -ach, Latin -ācus, -īcus and English -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɡ/

Suffix

-og

1. adjectival suffix - used to derive adjectives from nouns: arfeddog
2. suffix of possession: belonging to, -'s (e.g., taeog)
3. suffix of agency: one who does something, -er, -or (e.g., tywysog)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -og