-ad

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -άς (-ás) (genitive -άδος (-ádos)): a suffix forming feminine nouns.

Suffix

-ad

  1. a unit or set (especially of a specified number)
    chiliad, duodecad
  2. toward
    tibiad; ulnad

Derived terms

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Anagrams


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɒd]

Suffix

-ad

  1. (possessive suffix) your (second-person singular informal, single possession)
    ház (house)a házad (your house)
  2. (fraction-forming suffix) Appended to a cardinal number to form a fraction.
    száz (hundred)század (hundredth)
  3. (verb-forming suffix) Appended to a stem to form a verb.
    olvad (to melt)
    szak (part)szakad (to tear (clothing))
  4. (settlement suffix) Suffix in names of settlements.
    Sarkad, Várad

Usage notes

  • (possessive suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -d is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -ad is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
    -od is added to some other back vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ed is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
    -öd is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
  • (fraction-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -d is added to words ending in a vowel
    -ad is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
    -od is added to some other back vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ed is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
    -öd is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
  • (verb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -ad is added to back vowel words
    -ed is added to front vowel words
  • (settlement suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -d is added to words ending in a vowel
    -ad is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
    -od is added to some other back vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ed is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
    -öd is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_numerals_suffixed_with_-ad' title='Category:Hungarian numerals suffixed with -ad'>Hungarian numerals suffixed with -ad</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-ad' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ad'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ad</a>

See also

  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

-ad

  1. (archaic)(nonstandard) Used to form past participle form of many weak verbs

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • -ed (slender form)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /að/

Etymology 1

From the various thematic vowels of verb stems plus Proto-Celtic *-tus, i.e. from *-atus, *-ātus, *-etus, and *-ītus.

Suffix

-ad

  1. suffix forming verbal nouns
Descendants

Etymology 2

From the various thematic vowels of verb stems plus Proto-Celtic *-to, i.e. from *-ato, *-āto, *-eto, and *-īto.

Suffix

-ad

  1. suffix forming the third-person singular imperative form
  2. suffix forming the third-person singular imperfect indicative form
  3. suffix forming the third-person singular past subjunctive form
  4. suffix forming the third-person singular conditional form of reduplicated and ē-future stems
  5. suffix forming the singular passive conjunct preterite form of s-preterite stems

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ad (Cyrillic spelling -ад)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually a collective noun.

Derived terms


Yapese

Suffix

-ad

  1. Plural (3 or more) pronoun marker.
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