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Meaning of -s | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR A2
[ʃ]

Definitions

  1. Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something, a quality"; sometimes referred to as ornative.
    morpheme
  2. Added to a noun to form an occupation or a collective noun.
    morpheme
  3. Added to a cardinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template.
    morpheme
  4. 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

Afrikaans -ies
العربية ـِي
Català -a -esc -fer -ic
Čeština -ský
Cymraeg -ig -us
Deutsch -isch
Ελληνικά -ικός
English -an -ed -er -ery -ferous -ic -ish -ly -ous -y with
Esperanto -a -aro -eco -is
Español -ado -ano -ico -oso
فارسی ـت ـدار
Suomi -inen -kas -lainen -nen
Français -an -erie -ique
Galego -ico -oso
हिन्दी इक
Bahasa Indonesia -ik -is ber-
Italiano -ano -ico -ifero
日本語 -た 気味
ქართული -ული -ური
한국어 -았
Kurdî -a -an -de -êd -er -ik -îş -t ber-
Latina -anus -fer -icus
Македонски -ски
Bahasa Melayu -ik ber-
Nederlands -ig -isch ge- -d
Polski -eria -ny -y
Português -agem -ana -ano -ão -ico
Română -ărie
Русский -истый -ла -ли -ло -ский
Svenska -ad -de -ig -isk -sk -t
Українська -ла -ло
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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.

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