-es-

German

Alternative forms

• -s-

Interfix

-es-

1. Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds.

   Bundesamt

Derived terms

German terms interfixed with -es-

See also

• -es
• -s-, -es-

Ido

Etymology

From esar (“to be”), and eso (“being”).

Suffix

-es-

1. suffix used on transitive verbs to form an abbreviated passive verb (as opposed to "esar -ata").

   ‎frapar (“to hit”) + ‎-esar → ‎frapesar (“being hit”), instead of "esar frapata"

2. suffix used on transitive verbs to form a passive state noun.

   ‎konstruktar (“to construct, build”) + ‎-eso → ‎konstrukteso (“(the act of) being built”)

3. suffix used on nouns, adjectives and adverbs to form a noun with a state or abstract quality; -ion, -ness, -ity, -tude, -ship, -hood.

   ‎frato (“sibling; brother or sister”) + ‎-eso → ‎frateso (“brotherhood, sisterhood”)

   ‎blinda (“blind”) + ‎-eso → ‎blindeso (“blindness”)

   ‎quale (“how, in what way”) + ‎-eso → ‎qualeso (“quality”)

4. suffix used on nouns and adjectives to form an intransitive verb with the meaning: to be so as to indicate the root.

   ‎simila (“similar”) + ‎-esar → ‎similesar (“to be similar (to), to resemble”)

Derived terms

Ido terms suffixed with -esar

Ido terms suffixed with -eso

Norwegian Nynorsk

Interfix

-es-

1. Genitival interfix indicating that the former part is a characteristic of the latter.

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms interfixed with -es-

See also

• -s-
• -e-

Anagrams

• es, -es

Romani

Etymology

See -es.

Interfix

-es-

1. interfix forming the singular oblique stem of oikoclitic (pre-European) masculine nouns

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “-es”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48