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Meaning of -ach | Babel Free

Phrase feminine CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Forms a comparative adjective.
    morpheme
  2. pejorative suffix
    morpheme
  3. suffix forming abstract nouns and some verbnouns
    feminine, morpheme

Equivalents

English -er
Kurdî -er

Examples

“ifanc (“young”) + -ach → ifancach (“younger”)”
“pwysig (“important”) + -ach → pwysicach (“more important”)”
“tlawd (“poor”) + -ach → tlotach (“poorer”)”
“cor (“dwarf”) + -ach → corrach (“dwarf, gnome”)”
“cawl (“soup”) + -ach → cawlach (“mess, hotchpotch”)”
“dillad (“clothes”) + -ach → dilladach (“old clothes, worthless clothing”)”
“cyfrin (“privy, cryptic”) + -ach → cyfrinach (“secret”)”
“cyfaill (“friend”) + -ach → cyfeillach (“fellowship, companionship”)”
“clinc (“clink, tinkle”) + tarddu (“emerge, erupt”) + -ach → clindarddach (“crackling; to crackle”)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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