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Meaning of -ek | Babel Free

Phrase

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to the present stem of verbs or nouns to form an adjective denoting a feature or a dimension.
  2. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a performer, feature, human relation, result of an action, object, diminutive or a proper name.

Equivalents

Afrikaans
Български на
বাংলা -এর
Bosanski -e -ek -ura -ов da da de de hoš se se van van van на на
Català -ur
Čeština -in -ův
Dansk -id hos
Deutsch -id -oid -s
Ελληνικά -ίδιο -ίτης της Του των
English -'s -ide -s -y
Esperanto -ido -oido de
Español -ido -uro de
Suomi -idi -n -oidi
Français -ide -ure chez de
עברית אצל של
हिन्दी -एय का की के
Hrvatski -e -ek -ura -ов da da de de di di hoš se se van van van на на
Magyar -id
Հայերեն
Bahasa Indonesia -ida
Italiano -ide -oide -uro da di
日本語 化物
ខ្មែរ នៃ
한국어
ລາວ ຂອງ
Bahasa Melayu milik
မြန်မာဘာသာ
Nederlands -id -ide -s bij van
Polski -id -ida
Português -eto -ídeo -ídio -óide de
Română -ură
Русский -ёв -и́д -ин -ов -ын
Српски da hoš
Svenska -s
ไทย ของ
Türkçe -ur
اردو کا کی کے
Tiếng Việt cua

Examples

“Proto-Slavic *dalь + -ek → dalek (“far”).”

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