-z
See also: Appendix:Variations of "z"
English
Etymology
Eye dialect spelling variant of -s.
Suffix
-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
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *-ta-. The preceding vowel, if any, is from the original stem of the root word.
Suffix
-z
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
See also
Old French
Suffix
-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”:
Swahili
Suffix
-z
Usage notes
In Kenya, (-z) can be applied to nouns and verbs. In Tanzania, (-z) is usually only applied to nouns, like mtotoz.