Hungarian

Suffix

-eg

1. (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.

   ketyeg ‎(“to tick (like a clock)”)

2. (nominal suffix) Added to a verb or a stem to form a noun or an adjective.

   töm ‎(“to stuff”) → tömeg ‎(“mass”)

   sző ‎(“to weave”) → szöveg ‎(“text”)

   lő ‎(“to shoot, to fire”) → löveg ‎(“cannon, gun”)

   hideg ‎(“cold”)

Usage notes

• (frequentative suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -g is added to words ending in a vowel

  -og is added to some back vowel words

  -ag is added to other back vowel words

  -eg is added to unrounded front vowel words

  -ög is added to rounded front vowel words

• (nominal suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -g is added to words ending in a vowel

  -ag is added to back vowel words

  -eg is added to front vowel words

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German -ag, -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-agaz, *-īgaz, *-ugaz, each a variant of a common suffix *-gaz.

Suffix

-eg

1. -y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems

Derived terms