Used to form adjectives from nouns, describing having the property of, or similar properties to, the noun. · Used to form adjectives from verbs, describing frequently or currently performing the action.
köken: From Middle High German -haft, from Old High German haft, from Proto-West Germanic *haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz (“captured, afflicted”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós, from the root *kap- (“to seize”). Cognates include Old English hæft (“captive”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (hafts), Latin captus (“captured”), Old Irish cacht (“captive, chain”), Welsh caeth (“slave, captivity, chain”), Latin captīvus…
Masse (“mass”) + -haft → massenhaft (“en masse”)
Ernst (“earnestness”) + -haft → ernsthaft (“serious”)
suffix used to form noun (uppercase) demonyms · suffix used to form adjective (lowercase) demonyms · indicates the old oblique case (cas régime) of certain nouns
köken: Inherited from Middle French -ain, from Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus, whence also French -an and -ien.
a, one; marks a noun phrase as indefinite or non-specific, especially in the literary language · marks the antecedent of a restrictive relative clause as definite
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *óywos Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas Proto-Iranian *Háywah Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /aiva/) Middle Persian 𐭸 (1 /ē(w)/) Persian ـی Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭸 (1 /ē(w)/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /aiva/), from Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, from Proto-Indo-European *óywos, possibly from *ís.
köken: From Middle Dutch -achtig, partly from -haftig, which consists of -haft and -ig; and partly continuing Middle Dutch -echt, from Proto-Germanic *-ihtaz, *-ahtaz. The suffix -haft stems from Proto-Germanic *haftaz (“tied, captured”). Compare German -haft, -haftig and Danish -agtig.
forms the augmentative of nouns · used to refer to things affectionately · forms nouns, from nouns, implying that the suffixed noun is powerful or good
zıt: -inho, -ito, -culo, -ete
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese -on, from Latin -ōnem. Akin to Galician -ón, Spanish -ón, Italian -one and French -on, compare Romanian -oi.
livro (“book”) + -ão → livrão (“big book”)
janela (“window”) + -ão → janelona (“big window”)
filho (“son”) + -ão → filhão (“used by a father to address his son, when he is proud of the son”)
adjective-forming suffix denoting origin from a country/region/national group · adjective-forming suffix denoting relation or a specific member of a collective noun · adjective-forming suffix denoting a characteristic of an abstract noun
köken: When denoting origin/properties/collective nouns, inherited from Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós). Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) under the semantic influence of Latin -icus when used for forming science/art-denoting nouns.
köken: Emphasis of earlier form ぽい (poi), in turn apparently an Edo-period shift from 多(おお)い (ōi, “many, much, lots of”), previously read and written as おほい (ohoi ← ofoi ← opoi).
köken: From Old Swedish -aktogher, borrowed from Middle Low German -achtig, from -haftich (see German -haft). Cognate to Danish -agtig, Dutch -achtig, German -haft.
köken: From earlier -hka-i, from a dialectal variant of -kka (-ka) + -i. The -h- may be from *-eh (see -e). The suffix has been compared to Erzya -шка (-ška) (comparative case suffix), likely from Proto-Mordvinic *-ža + *-ka.
nuori (“young”) + -hko → nuorehko (“youthful, relatively young”)
vanha (“old”) + -hko → vanhahko (“oldish, relatively old, elderly”)
grader (noun suffix denoting a grade) · from nouns: forms nouns that indicate that the referent is characterized by or relating to the base noun · from adjectives: forms nouns that indicate that the referent has the property denoted by the base adjective
-esque, -ish (used with a root to form adjectives)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Latin -iscus Romanian -esc Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esquebor. Romanian -esc Inherited from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin -iscus for older words and the common Romanian surname ending -escu,…
Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something, a quality"; sometimes referred to as ornative. · Added to a noun to form an occupation or a collective noun. · Added to an ordinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template.
haj (“hair”) + -as → hajas (“covered with hair”)
fazék (“pot”) + -as → fazekas (“potter”)
három (“three”) + -as → hármas (“the digit or figure 3”)
added to a noun · suffix for place · suffix for value
köken: From Malay -an, from Proto-Malayic *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an, from Proto-Austronesian *-an. False cognate of English -ant, -and, and Arabic ان (“adjective forming suffix”).
forms nouns meaning the location or object where something is usually found · forms nouns meaning a plant which is cultivated to produce something · forms nouns meaning the purpose of something or an object used for that purpose
köken: Inherited from Latin -ārius. Compare the borrowed doublet -ari.