-lag
Hungarian
Etymology
[after 1372] From -l (“ablative suffix”) + -g (“emphatic element”).[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-lag
- (adverb-forming suffix) -ly. Added to a word to form an adverb. Today it is mainly used with adjectives suffixed with -i and present participles. In the past, it was added to different parts of speech.
- egyhangú (“unanimous”) → egyhangúlag (“unanimously”)
Usage notes
- (adverb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -lag is added to back vowel words
- -leg is added to front vowel words
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ -lag 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.)