-ális
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ális
- Added to foreign words to create an adjective or a noun.
- zseniális (“genial, marked by genius”)
- speciális (“special”)
- kulturális (“cultural”)
- admirális (“admiral”)
Usage notes edit
According to Attila Mártonfi, -ális is one of the "32 typical, distinguishable foreign word endings, which is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix".[1]
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006