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-og

-og

See also: og, Og, OG, óg, òg, o. g., 'og, and -óg

Hungarian

Suffix

-og

  1. (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
    vacog (to chatter - to shut and open the mouth quickly in the cold)
    mosoly (smile)mosolyog (to smile)

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

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-og'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -og</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos, *-eh₂ḱos, from a-stem suffix *-eh₂- + adjectival suffix *-kos, *-ḱos. Akin to Irish -ach, Latin -ācus, -īcus and English -y.

Suffix

-og

  1. suffix of possession: belonging to, -'s (e.g., taeog)
  2. suffix of agency: one who does something, -er, -or (e.g., tywysog)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Welsh_words_suffixed_with_-og'>Welsh words suffixed with -og</a>