Meaning of -s | Babel Free
[ʃ]Definitions
- Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something, a quality"; sometimes referred to as ornative.
- Added to a noun to form an occupation or a collective noun.
- Added to a cardinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template.
- 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”).
Equivalents
Examples
“só (“salt”) + -s → sós (“salty”)”
“hajó (“ship”) + -s → hajós (“sailor”)”
“nulla (“zero”) + -s → nullás (“the digit or figure 0”)”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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