-ag
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ag"
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ag
- (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
- kacag (“to laugh”)
- (nominal suffix) Added to a verb or a noun to form a noun or an adjective.
Usage notesEdit
- (frequentative suffix) Harmonic variants:
- (nominal suffix) Harmonic variants:
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -agh.
SuffixEdit
-ag f
- A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
Derived termsEdit
OjibweEdit
SuffixEdit
-ag
- A suffix denoting the third-person plural of an animate noun
- A suffix denoting the first-person singular to third person singular proximate conjunct form of an transitive animate verb (vta)
See alsoEdit
Old SaxonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
SuffixEdit
-ag
DescendantsEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -ach.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ag f
- A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
- Often used for female given names.
Derived termsEdit
VolapükEdit
SuffixEdit
-ag
- Used to indicate an abundance.
Derived termsEdit
Category Volapük words suffixed with -ag not found