Meaning of -on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. on
   morpheme
2. Added to a stem ― often an onomatopoeia ― to form a verb, normally expressing an instantaneous action.
   morpheme
3. Added to an adjective to create an adverb.
   morpheme
4. Forms the indefinite third-person singular suffix (currently only in the imperative mood as part of -jon, formerly also occurring in the indicative).
   archaic, dialectal, morpheme, personal, suffix

Equivalents

Examples

“Egy váza van az asztalon”

There is a vase on the table.

“oson (“to sneak”) (the instantaneous element is not present here)”

“vak (“blind”) + -on → vakon (“blindly”)”

“gazdag (“rich”) + -on → gazdagon (“abundantly, copiously”)”

“ad (“to give”) → adjon (“he/she/it should give”)”

“van (“to be”) → vagyon (“he/she/it is, there is”) (in the standard language: van)”

“föld (“floor”) + -ön → földön (“on [the] floor”)”

“A földön aludtunk.”

We slept on the floor.

“lő (“to shoot”) + -ön → lőjön (“he/she/it should shoot”)”

“fekszik (feküsz-, feküd-) (“to lie [recline]”) → (archaic) feküszön (“he/she/it is lying [reclining]”)”

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