Hungarian

Suffix

-ső

1. (adjective suffix) Added to a noun or a stem to form an adjective.

   első ‎(“first”)

   vég ‎(“end”) → végső ‎(“final”)

   mell ‎(“chest”) → mellső ‎(“front, for limbs”)

Usage notes

• (adjective suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -só is added to back vowel words

  -ső is added to front vowel words

• The superlative form of the produced adjective is leg-…-ső. The usual -bb suffix is not added, only in exceptional cases:

  első - elsőbb - legelső - legeslegelső

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes