-dad
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dad"
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1283. From the repeated -d (diminutive suffix). Originally, it was a diminutive suffix (cf. kisded). Today it is used to express similarity just like the suffixes -féle and -szerű.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-dad
- (adjective-forming suffix) similar to, sort of, -like, resembling, in the nature of. Added to a word to form an adjective.
Usage notes edit
- (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
- -dad is added to back-vowel words
- -ded is added to front-vowel words
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ -dad in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish -dat, from Latin -tātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.
Suffix edit
-dad f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dades)
- forms nouns representing the property corresponding to an adjective; -ity
Usage notes edit
- The bare form -dad only comes after the letters l or n. Adjectives ending in -io and two syllable adjectives take the form -edad. Adjectives ending in -ble take the form -bilidad. Adjectives with three or more syllables take the -idad form.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-dad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014