-só
See also: Appendix:Variations of "so"
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From -s (adjective-forming suffix) + -ó (adjective-forming suffix). The parts cohered in the Ancient Hungarian period.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-só
Usage notes edit
- (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
- -só is added to back-vowel words
- -ső is added to front-vowel words
- The superlative form of the produced adjective is leg-…-só. The usual -bb suffix is added only in exceptional cases:
- alsó - alsóbb - legalsó - legeslegalsó
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ -só 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.)