Meaning of -nok | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Added to a word to form the name of an occupation.
   morpheme
2. Front-vowel variant of -nok: Added to a word to form the name of an occupation.
   alt-of, front-vowel, morpheme

Examples

“dal (“song”) + -nok → dalnok (“singer”)”

“mér (“to measure”) + -nök → mérnök (“engineer”)”

“ügy (“matter”) + -nök → ügynök (“agent”)”

“hisz (“to believe”) + -nők → hinnők (“we would believe [it]”)”

“1846, Mihály Vörösmarty, Az emberek (On Mankind), stanza 7 (translation by Valerie Becker Makkai, Neville Masterman and Adam Makkai)”

Man pains the Earth. Beyond the spate / of years of war and peace, / the curses of fraternal hate / upon her brow increase. / And should we think he’ll learn in time, / he plots an even viler crime: / from dragon’s teeth will spring his budding grain: / All hope is vain! All hope is vain!

“tud (“to know”) + -nók → tudnók (“we would know [it]”)”

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