Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to the verb stem. · Forms instance nouns from verbs. · Indicates something defined by a number; in the plural often all numbers with the same first digits
köken: From Middle High German -ære, -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic *-ārī, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, further etymology unknown but possibly from Latin -ārius.
forms the first-person and second-person singular imperfect indicative form of a verb
eş: -ain, -ien, -itain
köken: From Middle French -ois, from conflation of Latin -ēbās and -iēbas — second, third, and fourth conjugation variants of -bās, later generalized to all verbs.
Je regardais la télé pendant que tu parlais au téléphone.
used with a stem to form the third-person plural present tense of regular -are verbs · used with a stem to form the third-person plural present subjunctive of regular -ere and -ire verbs · used with a stem to form the third-person imperative of regular -ere and those -ire verbs that do not take -isc
köken: Inherited from Latin -ant.
America (“America”) + -ano → americano (“American”)
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.
Used to form adjectives, often from nouns; -ish, -y, of -'s (double genitive).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ Ukrainian -ський Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ский (-skij), from Old East Slavic -ьскъ (-ĭskŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ. Cognate with Russian -ский (-skij), Belarusian -скі (-ski), Polish -ski, Czech -ský.
Creates adjectives: · Creates adjectives indicating a material of which something is made: -en · Creates adjectives from present active participles, indicating a tendency to be/do something.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *-inën. Originally also had the variant -nen, but in the standard language, the two variants have been made distinct by giving them different uses.
Added to proper nouns, certain common nouns and postpositions to form adjectives: · names of people (anthroponyms, thus eponyms) · certain common nouns
eş: -beli
köken: Developed from earlier -é, the lative case suffix. Attested since 1193.
köken: From English -ic, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos, formed with the i-stem suffix *-i- and the adjectival suffix *-kos, *-ḱos.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ Old Church Slavonic -ьскъ (-ĭskŭ) Bulgarian -ски Inherited from Old Church Slavonic -ьскъ (-ĭskŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ.
suffix used to form relational adjectives (expressing belonging, affiliation, or origin) from nouns (persons, animals, things, or places) · suffix used to express a relationship of belonging in the narrow sense of the word; formed from personal possessive adjectives ending in -ov and -in · suffix used to form qualitative adjectives (often gradable) expressing a characteristic property
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ Slovak -ský Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ.
muž (“man”) + -ský → mužský (“masculine; male”)
kôň (“horse”) + -ský → konský (“equine”)
hory (“mountains”) + -ský → horský (“mountainous”)