Hungarian

Suffix

-ú

1. (adjective suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective denoting possession.

   láb ‎(“foot”) → nagy lábú ember - man with big feet / big footed man

   haj ‎(“hair”) → vörös hajú - redheaded

Usage notes

• Harmonic variants:

  -ú is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ű is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -jú is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.

  -jű is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Irish

Alternative forms

• -iú (slender form)
• -ughadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From -aigh +‎ -adh

Suffix

-ú

1. Regular verbal noun of second-conjugation verbs, notably verbs in -aigh.

Usage notes

• May be used as a noun, which then decline as third-declension masculine nouns (which may or may not have a plural):

  tosaigh ‎(“begin”) → tosú m ‎(“commencement”)

  uraigh ‎(“eclipse”, verb) → urú m ‎(“eclipse”, noun)

Derived terms