Meaning of -s | Babel Free
[ʃ]Definitions
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Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something, a quality"; sometimes referred to as ornative. morpheme
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Added to a noun to form an occupation or a collective noun. morpheme
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Added to a cardinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template. morpheme
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Forms verbs with repetitive meaning. In today's Hungarian language, it is completely obsolete, and its old derivatives are also obscured, e.g. olvas (“to read”), keres (“to seek”), futos (“to run around”). frequentative, morpheme, obsolete, suffix
Equivalents
Examples
“só (“salt”) + -s → sós (“salty”)”
“hajó (“ship”) + -s → hajós (“sailor”)”
“nulla (“zero”) + -s → nullás (“the digit or figure 0”)”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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