Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wídḱm̥ti (twenty).[1][2] The initial z-, corresponding to the *-ḱ-, in place of **dh- is explained by the adjacency with the original *w.[n 1]

Numeral edit

-zet

  1. -twenty
    njëzet, dyzettwenty, forty
    trezet, katërzet, pesëzet (dialectal)sixty, eighty, hundred

Notes edit

  1. ^ Compare possible parallels in (voice), zot (lord), samë (dog shit).[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “zet”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 483
  2. 2.0 2.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 83

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From -z (verb-forming suffix) +‎ -et (noun-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-zet

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an abstract noun or a collective noun.
    kép (picture) + ‎-zet → ‎képzet (idea, image, notion)

Usage notes edit

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -zat is added to back-vowel nouns
    -zet is added to front-vowel nouns
    -ozat is added to some back-vowel nouns
    -ezet is added to some front-vowel nouns

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative -zet -zetek
accusative -zetet -zeteket
dative -zetnek -zeteknek
instrumental -zettel -zetekkel
causal-final -zetért -zetekért
translative -zetté -zetekké
terminative -zetig -zetekig
essive-formal -zetként -zetekként
essive-modal -zetül
inessive -zetben -zetekben
superessive -zeten -zeteken
adessive -zetnél -zeteknél
illative -zetbe -zetekbe
sublative -zetre -zetekre
allative -zethez -zetekhez
elative -zetből -zetekből
delative -zetről -zetekről
ablative -zettől -zetektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-zeté -zeteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-zetéi -zetekéi
Possessive forms of -zet
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -zetem -zeteim
2nd person sing. -zeted -zeteid
3rd person sing. -zete -zetei
1st person plural -zetünk -zeteink
2nd person plural -zetetek -zeteitek
3rd person plural -zetük -zeteik

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ -zet 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.)