Hungarian

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Etymology

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A variant of the verb-forming suffix -l.[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ll

  1. (instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a verb to form a new verb expressing an instantaneous action. It is no longer productive in this sense.
  2. (verb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form a verb meaning "to consider/find/think as". In this sense, it is still productive.
    drága (expensive) + ‎-ll → ‎drágáll (to find something expensive)

Usage notes

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  • (all senses) Variants:
    -ll is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á.
    drága (expensive) + ‎-ll → ‎drágáll (to find something expensive)
    -oll is added to a few back-vowel words
    nagy (big) + ‎-oll → ‎nagyoll (to find something too big)
    -all is added to most back-vowel words
    sok (many) + ‎-all → ‎sokall (to find something too much)
    -ell is added to front-vowel words
    kevés (few) + ‎-ell → ‎kevesell (to find something too little or insufficient)

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ -ll 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.)