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-ig
-ig
Danish
Suffix
-ig
- -y for adjectives
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Danish_words_suffixed_with_-ig'>Danish words suffixed with -ig</a>
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪx/, /əx/
Etymology
From Old Dutch -ag, -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-agaz, *-īgaz, *-ugaz, each a variant of a common suffix *-gaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ko-.
Suffix
-ig
- -y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems
- -ed, when attached to a noun preceded by an adjective that describes the noun
Inflection
| Inflection of -ig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | -ig | |||
| inflected | -ige | |||
| comparative | -iger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | -ig | -iger | het -igst het -igste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | -ige | -igere | -igste |
| n. sing. | -ig | -iger | -igste | |
| plural | -ige | -igere | -igste | |
| definite | -ige | -igere | -igste | |
| partitive | -igs | -igers | — | |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Dutch_words_suffixed_with_-ig'>Dutch words suffixed with -ig</a>
Terms derived from -ig
German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-īgaz (“-y, -ic”), from Proto-Indo-European *-ikos, *-iḱos (“-y, -ic”), from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ko-. Cognates: see *-īgaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪç/ (Germany; less common in southern regiolects)
- IPA(key): /ɪk/, /ɪg̊/, /ig̊/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ɪɕ/, /ɪʃ/ (some central German speakers)
Suffix
-ig
- -y, forming adjectives from nouns
- forming adjectives from verbs, well doing
- forming adjectives from adverbs
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_suffixed_with_-ig'>German words suffixed with -ig</a>
- gläubig
- goldhaltig
- mühselig
- verständig
Declension
Positive forms of -ig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist -ig | sie ist -ig | es ist -ig | sie sind -ig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | -iger | -ige | -iges | -ige |
| genitive | -igen | -iger | -igen | -iger | |
| dative | -igem | -iger | -igem | -igen | |
| accusative | -igen | -ige | -iges | -ige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der -ige | die -ige | das -ige | die -igen |
| genitive | des -igen | der -igen | des -igen | der -igen | |
| dative | dem -igen | der -igen | dem -igen | den -igen | |
| accusative | den -igen | die -ige | das -ige | die -igen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein -iger | eine -ige | ein -iges | (keine) -igen |
| genitive | eines -igen | einer -igen | eines -igen | (keiner) -igen | |
| dative | einem -igen | einer -igen | einem -igen | (keinen) -igen | |
| accusative | einen -igen | eine -ige | ein -iges | (keine) -igen | |
Comparative forms of -ig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist -iger | sie ist -iger | es ist -iger | sie sind -iger | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | -igerer | -igere | -igeres | -igere |
| genitive | -igeren | -igerer | -igeren | -igerer | |
| dative | -igerem | -igerer | -igerem | -igeren | |
| accusative | -igeren | -igere | -igeres | -igere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der -igere | die -igere | das -igere | die -igeren |
| genitive | des -igeren | der -igeren | des -igeren | der -igeren | |
| dative | dem -igeren | der -igeren | dem -igeren | den -igeren | |
| accusative | den -igeren | die -igere | das -igere | die -igeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein -igerer | eine -igere | ein -igeres | (keine) -igeren |
| genitive | eines -igeren | einer -igeren | eines -igeren | (keiner) -igeren | |
| dative | einem -igeren | einer -igeren | einem -igeren | (keinen) -igeren | |
| accusative | einen -igeren | eine -igere | ein -igeres | (keine) -igeren | |
Superlative forms of -ig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am -igsten | sie ist am -igsten | es ist am -igsten | sie sind am -igsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | -igster | -igste | -igstes | -igste |
| genitive | -igsten | -igster | -igsten | -igster | |
| dative | -igstem | -igster | -igstem | -igsten | |
| accusative | -igsten | -igste | -igstes | -igste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der -igste | die -igste | das -igste | die -igsten |
| genitive | des -igsten | der -igsten | des -igsten | der -igsten | |
| dative | dem -igsten | der -igsten | dem -igsten | den -igsten | |
| accusative | den -igsten | die -igste | das -igste | die -igsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein -igster | eine -igste | ein -igstes | (keine) -igsten |
| genitive | eines -igsten | einer -igsten | eines -igsten | (keiner) -igsten | |
| dative | einem -igsten | einer -igsten | einem -igsten | (keinen) -igsten | |
| accusative | einen -igsten | eine -igste | ein -igstes | (keine) -igsten | |
See also
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iɡ]
Suffix
-ig
- (case suffix) until, till, up to. Used to form the terminative case. It can refer to both time and place. It is used by both back and front vowel words.
- Ötig dolgozom. - I work until five o'clock.
- Az állomásig busszal mentünk, de onnan hazáig már gyalog. - We traveled by bus to the station but from there to home we walked.
- for a specified length of time
- 10 percig olvastam a levelet, olyan hosszú volt. - I was reading the letter for 10 minutes, it was so long.
Usage notes
Case suffix list
| Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú |
Front vowel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded e, é, i, í |
rounded ö, ő, ü, ű |
||
| nominative | — | ||
| accusative | -t | ||
| -ot / -at | -et | -öt | |
| dative | -nak | -nek | |
| instrumental | -val | -vel | |
| causal-final | -ért | ||
| translative | -vá | -vé | |
| terminative | -ig | ||
| essive-formal | -ként | ||
| essive-modal | -ul | -ül | |
| inessive | -ban | -ben | |
| superessive | -n | ||
| -on | -en | -ön | |
| adessive | -nál | -nél | |
| illative | -ba | -be | |
| sublative | -ra | -re | |
| allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
| elative | -ból | -ből | |
| delative | -ról | -ről | |
| ablative | -tól | -től | |
| Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma - almában, but almaként zene - zenében, but zeneként | |||
- (until): With pointlike events or places the meaning is clear. However, it is ambiguous when the given event itself is lasting for some time or the given object is such that it counts whether it is included, excluded or partially included.
- Szerdáig van időd. - You got time until Wednesday.
- With exclusion: on Wednesday 00:01 A.M. you are already late (rare, probably would say keddig; until Tuesday)
- With partial inclusion: the border line is somewhere during the day (most likely)
- With full inclusion: you have the full Wednesday (also possible)
- Szerdáig van időd. - You got time until Wednesday.
See also
- Category:Hungarian noun forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ko-. Cognate with Old English -ig, Dutch -ig, Old High German -ag, -īg (German -ig), Old Norse -agr, -igr; and with Welsh -eg, Latin -icus, Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit -इक (-ika).
Suffix
-ig
- forming adjectives from i-stem nouns and verbs (see English -y)
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse -agr, -igr, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ko-.
Suffix
-ig
- -y; making adjectives
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Swedish_words_suffixed_with_-ig'>Swedish words suffixed with -ig</a>