-ellik

Hungarian

Etymology

From -e- (linking vowel) ‎ -llik (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛlːik]

Suffix

-ellik

1. (verb-forming suffix) Front-vowel variant of -llik.

Usage notes

• (verb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -lik is added to both back-vowel and front-vowel words.

  ‎kék (“blue”) ‎-lik → ‎kéklik (“to appear blue”)

  ‎hanyatt (“on one's back”) ‎-lik → ‎hanyatlik (“to decline, fall, deteriorate”)

  -llik is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á. Final -e changes to -é.

  ‎barna (“brown”) ‎-llik → ‎barnállik (“to appear in brown color”)

  ‎fekete (“black”) ‎-llik → ‎feketéllik (“to appear in black color”)

  -allik is added to back-vowel words

  ‎nyíl (“arrow”) ‎-allik → ‎nyilallik (“(of pain) to stab, to feel like a dagger”)

  -ollik is added to some back-vowel words

  ‎torok (“throat”) ‎-ollik → ‎torkollik (“to end in something”)

  -ellik is added to front-vowel words

  ‎szög (“angle”) ‎-ellik → ‎szögellik (“to stretch out at an angle”)

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ellik

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes