-z
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "z"
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Spelling variant of -s.
Suffix[edit]
-z
- (urban slang) Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced "z".
- Boyz are always trouble.
- (urban slang) Used as a substitute for -s in marking verb inflections.
- He lovez me.
See also[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Uralic *-ta-. The preceding vowel, if any, is from the original stem of the root word.
Suffix[edit]
-z
Usage notes[edit]
- (verb-forming suffix) Harmonic 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 front vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öz is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
- -áz is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Old French[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-z
- Replaces -ts at the end of a word.
- c. 1100s, Marie de France, “Equitan”:
- Femme espuse ot li seneschals,
- Dunt puis vient el païs granz mal[s]
- c. 1100s, Marie de France, “Equitan”: