-tel

See also: -teľ and Appendix:Variations of "tel"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-teľь. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic -тєль (-telĭ), Serbo-Croatian -telj and Russian -тель (-telʹ).

Suffix

-tel m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)

suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does something, much like the English -or
‎učit + ‎-tel → ‎učitel

‎stavět + ‎-tel → ‎stavitel

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -tel

pronásledovatel

vykořisťovatel

vyvlastňovatel

znečišťovatel

See also

Further reading

Některé typy názvů osob podle činnosti v českém jazyce, Naše řeč (1956)
-tel in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tɛl]

Suffix

-tel

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun.
‎eszik (“to eat”) + ‎-tel → ‎étel (“food”)

Usage notes

(noun-forming suffix) Variants:
-tal is added to back-vowel words

-tel is added to front-vowel words

-atal same as -tal with a linking vowel

-etel same as -tel with a linking vowel

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -tel

See also

Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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