-eg

Breton

Etymology

Akin to Welsh -eg.

Suffix

-eg

Used to form languages or dialects; -ish, -ic
‎Gall (“Frenchman”) + ‎-eg → ‎galleg (“French language”)

‎Leon (“Léon”) + ‎-eg → ‎leoneg (“Léon dialect”)

References

Ian Press (1986) A grammar of modern Breton, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 217

Emilian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɡ/

Pronoun

-eg

(enclitic, after a consonant) Alternative form of ge
J-eg vān edmān. ― They go there tomorrow. (imperative, singular)

J-eg dān da fêr. ― They give her trouble.

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (weak forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Proclitic				Enclitic				Aphetic
Number	Person	Gender	N	A	D	R	N	A	D	R	N	A	D	R
Singular	First	—	aj-	m’			-ja	-em			-ja	-m
	Second	—	t-	t’			-et				-t
	Third	Masculine	l-		g’	s’	-el		-eg	-es	-l		-g	-s
	Third	Feminine	l’		g’	s’	-la		-eg	-es	-la		-g	-s
Plural	First	—	aj-	s’			-ja	-es			-ja	-s
	Second	—	aj-	v’			-ev				-v
	Third	Masculine	j-		g’	s’	-i		-eg	-es	-j		-g	-s
	Third	Feminine	elj-		g’	s’	-li		-eg	-es	-li		-g	-s

Hungarian

Etymology

From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -g (frequentative and nominal-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛɡ]

Suffix

-eg

(frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
ketyeg (“to tick (like a clock)”)
(nominal-forming suffix) Added to a verb or a stem to form a noun or an adjective.
‎töm (“to stuff”) + ‎-eg → ‎tömeg (“mass”)

‎sző (“to weave”) + ‎-eg → ‎szöveg (“text”)

‎lő (“to shoot, to fire”) + ‎-eg → ‎löveg (“cannon, gun”)

hideg (“cold”)

Usage notes

(frequentative suffix) Variants:
-g is added to words ending in a vowel

-og is added to some back-vowel words

-ag is added to other back-vowel words

-eg is added to unrounded front-vowel words

-ög is added to rounded front-vowel words
(nominal-forming suffix) Variants:
-g is added to words ending in a vowel

-ag is added to back-vowel words

-eg is added to front-vowel words

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -eg

Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -eg

hideg

meleg

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German -ag, -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-agaz, *-īgaz, *-ugaz, each a variant of a common suffix *-gaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eχ/, [əɕ]

Suffix

-eg

-y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems

Derived terms

Middle English

Suffix

-eg

Alternative form of -y (“-y”)

Old English

Suffix

-eġ

Alternative form of -iġ.

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *-ikā f.

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aɡ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/

Suffix

-eg

a language, -ic, -ish
‎Llydaw (“Brittany”) + ‎-eg → ‎Llydaweg (“Breton language”)

‎Gwyddel (“Irishman”) + ‎-eg → ‎Gwyddeleg (“Irish language”)

‎Indonesia (“Indonesia”) + ‎-eg → ‎Indoneseg (“Indonesian language”)
a science, a study, -y, -ics
Synonym: -leg

‎peiriant (“machine, engine”) + ‎-eg → ‎peirianneg (“engineering”)

‎rheswm (“reason”) + ‎-eg → ‎rhesymeg (“logic”)

‎electron (“electron”) + ‎-eg → ‎electroneg (“electronics”)

Usage notes

The suffix -eg is feminine but when it refers to a language, the resulting derived does not cause the soft mutation of qualifying adjectives as other feminine nouns do, especially when the adjective defines a specific or specialised kind of language.^[1]

Derived terms

References

^ Thomas, Peter Wynn, Gramadeg y Gymraeg, →ISBN, page 650

-eg

Contents

Breton

Etymology

Suffix

See also

References

Emilian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Related terms

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Suffix

Usage notes

Derived terms

See also

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Suffix

Derived terms

Middle English

Suffix

Old English

Suffix

Welsh

Etymology

Pronunciation

Suffix

Usage notes

Derived terms

References

Further reading