-ok
Abenaki
Suffix
-ok
- A suffix used to form the plurals of some animate words.
- agaskw (“woodchuck”) → agask(w)ok (“woodchucks”)
Usage notes
- Used to form the plurals of many words ending in w (which it may suppress), and of some other words (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language).
- See the usage notes at -ak.
Basque
Suffix
-ok
Usage notes
- There are two uses for this suffix:
- The inflection is similar to that of -ak, but replacing -e- by -o-.
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 | ― |
― |
― |
Further reading
- “plural hurbila (-ok)” in Euskara Batuaren Eskuliburua [Handbook of Standard Basque], euskaltzaindia.eus
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ok]
- Rhymes: -ok
Suffix
-ok
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
-ok
Usage notes
Present tense indefinite – personal suffixes
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 verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English -oc, -uc, from Proto-West Germanic *-uk, from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz. More at -ock.
Suffix
-ok
- suffix forming diminutives of nouns
References
- “-ok, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- -uku, -oko, -oke (dialectal)
Etymology
A contracted form of -voke, -voka, from Old Norse vaka (“wake, vigil”) (oblique case vǫku). Doublet of vake and vòke.
Derived terms
References
- “-ok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔk/
- Rhymes: -ɔk
- Syllabification: ok
Suffix
-ok m
Declension
Inanimate
Declension of -ok
Animate
Declension of -ok
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | -ok | -oki |
genitive | -oka | -oków |
dative | -okowi | -okom |
accusative | -oka | -oki |
instrumental | -okiem | -okami |
locative | -oku | -okach |
vocative | -oku | -oki |
Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -ok
Further reading
- -ok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-ok (Cyrillic spelling -ок)
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ.
Suffix
-ok m
- used to form masculine nouns
Derived terms
Slovak terms suffixed with -ok
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