-cs

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cs"

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *-tś.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-cs

  1. (diminutive suffix) Appended to a noun to form a diminutive noun. No longer productive.
    ‎labda (“ball”) + ‎-cs → ‎labdacs (“pill”)
  2. (noun-forming suffix) Appended to a verb to form a noun. No longer productive.
    ‎teker (“to twist, to wind”) + ‎-cs → ‎tekercs (“scroll; coil”)

Derived terms[edit]

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -cs

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ -cs in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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