-cs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cs"

Hungarian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *-tś.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃ]

Suffix

-cs

  1. (diminutive suffix) Appended to a noun to form a diminutive noun. No longer productive.
    labda (ball) + -cslabdacs (pill)
  2. (noun-forming suffix) Appended to a verb to form a noun. No longer productive.
    teker (to twist, to wind) + -cstekercs (scroll; coil)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -cs

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

  1. -cs 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.)
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