-ek
Basque
Suffix
-ek
- Ergative plural suffix.
- Txakurrek katuak jan dituzte. ― The dogs have eaten the cats.
Declension
Basque inflectional suffixes | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | ||
absolutive | -∅ | -a | -ak | -ok | |
ergative | -(e)k | -ak | -ek | ||
dative | -(r)i | -ari | -ei | -oi | |
genitive | -(r)en | -aren | -en | -on | |
comitative | -(r)ekin | -arekin | -ekin | -okin | |
causative | -(r)engatik | -arengatik | -engatik | -ongatik | |
benefactive | -(r)entzat | -arentzat | -entzat | -ontzat | |
instrumental | -(e)z | -az | -ez | -oz | |
inessive | anim. | -(r)engan | -arengan | -engan | -ongan |
inanim. | -(e)tan | -an | -etan | -otan | |
locative | anim. | ― |
― |
― |
― |
inanim. | -(e)tako | -(e)ko | -etako | -otako | |
allative | anim. | -(r)engana | -arengana | -engana | -ongana |
inanim. | -(e)tara | -(e)ra | -etara | -otara | |
terminative | anim. | -(r)enganaino | -arenganaino | -enganaino | -onganaino |
inanim. | -(e)taraino | -(e)raino | -etaraino | -otaraino | |
directive | anim. | -(r)enganantz | -arenganantz | -enganantz | -onganantz |
inanim. | -(e)tarantz | -(e)rantz | -etarantz | -otarantz | |
destinative | anim. | -(r)enganako | -arenganako | -enganako | -onganako |
inanim. | -(e)tarako | -(e)rako | -etarako | -otarako | |
ablative | anim. | -(r)engandik | -arengandik | -engandik | -ongandik |
inanim. | -(e)tatik | -(e)tik | -etik | -otik | |
partitive | -(r)ik | ― |
― |
― | |
prolative | -tzat | ― |
― |
― |
Declension
Basque inflectional suffixes | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | ||
absolutive | -∅ | -a | -ak | -ok | |
ergative | -(e)k | -ak | -ek | ||
dative | -(r)i | -ari | -ei | -oi | |
genitive | -(r)en | -aren | -en | -on | |
comitative | -(r)ekin | -arekin | -ekin | -okin | |
causative | -(r)engatik | -arengatik | -engatik | -ongatik | |
benefactive | -(r)entzat | -arentzat | -entzat | -ontzat | |
instrumental | -(e)z | -az | -ez | -oz | |
inessive | anim. | -(r)engan | -arengan | -engan | -ongan |
inanim. | -(e)tan | -an | -etan | -otan | |
locative | anim. | ― |
― |
― |
― |
inanim. | -(e)tako | -(e)ko | -etako | -otako | |
allative | anim. | -(r)engana | -arengana | -engana | -ongana |
inanim. | -(e)tara | -(e)ra | -etara | -otara | |
terminative | anim. | -(r)enganaino | -arenganaino | -enganaino | -onganaino |
inanim. | -(e)taraino | -(e)raino | -etaraino | -otaraino | |
directive | anim. | -(r)enganantz | -arenganantz | -enganantz | -onganantz |
inanim. | -(e)tarantz | -(e)rantz | -etarantz | -otarantz | |
destinative | anim. | -(r)enganako | -arenganako | -enganako | -onganako |
inanim. | -(e)tarako | -(e)rako | -etarako | -otarako | |
ablative | anim. | -(r)engandik | -arengandik | -engandik | -ongandik |
inanim. | -(e)tatik | -(e)tik | -etik | -otik | |
partitive | -(r)ik | ― |
― |
― | |
prolative | -tzat | ― |
― |
― |
Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ek/
Suffix
-ek
Derived terms
Related terms
Cornish
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [-ɛk]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [-ɐk]
Suffix
-ek
Derived terms
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ.
Declension
inanimate:
animate:
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ek in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛk]
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Usage notes
- (plural suffix) Variants:
- -k is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -ak is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- -ok is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- -ek is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- -ök is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- Note that the plural form is not used after definite and indefinite numerals in Hungarian: három könyv (“three books”), néhány óra múlva (“in a few hours’ time”). There are very few (traditional, archaic) exceptions, including háromkirályok (“the Three Magi”), mindenszentek (“All Saints”), and certain archaic phrases with összes (“all”) and minden (“every”) (see their Usage notes).
- The regular plural suffix for back-vowel adjectives is -ak, for example okosak (“smart/clever ones”). On the other hand, ethnonyms take -ok (e.g. olaszok (“Italians”), see the back-vowel terms in their category), as well as some other adjectives, including privative (“…-less”) ones (formed with -talan, -atlan, or -tlan). Rounded front-vowel adjectives normally take -ek, for example zöldek (“green ones”), except for demonyms (see rounded front-vowel terms in their category).
- If a word can be both a noun and an adjective, the form of its ending gives information about its function, e.g. játékosok (“players”, noun) and játékosak (“playful”, adjective as part of a plural predicate). The same distinction also exists with words with rounded front vowels, e.g. ismerős: ismerősök (“acquaintances”, noun) and ismerősek (“familiar”, adjective as part of a plural predicate).
Suffix
-ek
Usage notes
Person | Back vowel |
Front vowel | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | |||
én | 1st person singular | -ok | -ek | -ök |
-ik verbs (optional) | -om | -em | -öm | |
te | 2nd person singular | -sz | ||
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -asz | -esz | ||
after s, sz, z, dz | -ol | -el | -öl | |
ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | – | ||
-ik verbs | -ik | |||
mi | 1st person plural | -unk | -ünk | |
ti | 2nd person plural | -tok | -tek | -tök |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -otok | -etek | -ötök | |
ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -nak | -nek | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anak | -enek | ||
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |
See also
- Category:Hungarian noun forms
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Mokilese
Usage notes
This suffix becomes -iek after a vowel.
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛk/
Northern Ohlone
Alternative forms
- -k (before vowels)
Etymology
Compare Southern Ohlone kan-.
See also
Number | Person | Subject | Object | Possesive | ||||
Disjunctive1 | Proclitic |
Enclitic | Disjunctive1 | Proclitic | Enclitic | |||
Singular | First | kaana | ek- | -ek, -k | kiš, kaaniš | kiš- | -kiš | ek-, kaanak |
Second | meene | em-, im- | -em, -im, -m | miš | emiš-, imiš-, miš- | -miš | em-, meenem | |
Third | waaka | Ø-2 | -Ø2 | wiš | Ø-2, eš- | -Ø2, -eš | i-, waakai- | |
Plural | First | makkin | mak- | -mak | makkiš, makkinše | — | — | mak-, makkinmak |
Second | makkam | kam- | -kam | makkamše | — | — | kam-, makkam | |
Third | waakamak | ya- | -ya | yaṭiš | — | — | ya-, waakamak | |
1Disjunctive is mostly used in copular sentences or for emphasis, either alone (eg. kaana) or with a clitic (eg. kaana-k ...-ek). 2Null morpheme. An unmarked verb implies a third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives waaka and wiš may also be used. Note: Proclitic and enclitic forms can combine an undergo syncope, eg. ellešk (“let me do to him/her/it”) = elle + -eš + -ek |
References
María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges), Unpublished
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛk
- Syllabification: ek
Declension
Masculine personal:
Note: The masculine personal nominative plural ending -ki is rare and mostly limited to depreciative forms or humorous expressions such as bawidamek, gagatek, złodziejaszek, hultajek, psotniczek, łobuziaczek.
Masculine animate:
Masculine inanimate:
Derived terms
See also
- -ś (forming nicknames)
Further reading
- -ek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-ek (Cyrillic spelling -ек)
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ـك (-ek), from Proto-Turkic *-gek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ec/
Suffix
-ek
Derived terms
Yup'ik
Usage notes
A historical merger of ablative and modalis (instrumental). It performs a wide range of adverbial and syntactic functions.[1]
References
- Miyaoka, Osahito (2012) A Grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 750