Meaning of -el | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Added to a verb to form a noun.
   morpheme
2. Added to a verb to form a verb to express repetitive action. No longer productive.
   frequentative, morpheme, suffix
3. Forms the second-person singular indefinite of verbs. It appears in past tense as -tél, in conditional mood present as -nél and in subjunctive mood present as -jél.
   morpheme, personal, suffix
4. Forms the second-person singular present tense of verbs ending in s, sz, z, dz (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
   morpheme, personal, suffix
5. Added to a noun to form a verb.
   morpheme
6. Added to a verb to form a noun. No longer productive in this role.
   morpheme

Examples

“keres (“to seek”) + -el → keresel (“you seek, you are seeking”)”

“ebéd (“lunch”) + -el → ebédel (“to eat lunch”)”

“lep (“to cover”) + -el → lepel (“wrap”)”

“köt (“to bind”) + -él → kötél (“rope”)”

“met (“(archaic) to cut out”) + -él → metél (“to mince, chop up into small pieces”)”

“Dalokat énekeltél?”

Did you sing songs?

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