-adal
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom -d (frequentative suffix) + -l (nominal-forming suffix), presumably formed in the Old Hungarian era.[1]
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-adal
- (noun-forming suffix, rare) Added to a verb to form a noun to express the action and the object of the action. No longer productive.
Usage notes
edit- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -adal is added to back-vowel words
- -edel is added to front-vowel words
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -adal | -adalok |
| accusative | -adalt | -adalokat |
| dative | -adalnak | -adaloknak |
| instrumental | -adallal | -adalokkal |
| causal-final | -adalért | -adalokért |
| translative | -adallá | -adalokká |
| terminative | -adalig | -adalokig |
| essive-formal | -adalként | -adalokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | -adalban | -adalokban |
| superessive | -adalon | -adalokon |
| adessive | -adalnál | -adaloknál |
| illative | -adalba | -adalokba |
| sublative | -adalra | -adalokra |
| allative | -adalhoz | -adalokhoz |
| elative | -adalból | -adalokból |
| delative | -adalról | -adalokról |
| ablative | -adaltól | -adaloktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-adalé | -adaloké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-adaléi | -adalokéi |
| Possessive forms of -adal | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -adalom | -adalaim |
| 2nd person sing. | -adalod | -adalaid |
| 3rd person sing. | -adala | -adalai |
| 1st person plural | -adalunk | -adalaink |
| 2nd person plural | -adalotok | -adalaitok |
| 3rd person plural | -adaluk | -adalaik |
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ -adal 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.)