-cs

Hungarian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *-tś.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃ]

Suffix

-cs

  1. (diminutive suffix) Appended to a noun to form a diminutive noun. No longer productive.
    ‎labda (“ball”) + ‎-cs → ‎labdacs (“pill”)
  2. (noun-forming suffix) Appended to a verb to form a noun. No longer productive.
    ‎teker (“to twist, to wind”) + ‎-cs → ‎tekercs (“scroll; coil”)

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-cs' title='Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -cs'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -cs</a>

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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