-ek

• IPA^(key): /ek/

-ek

1. Adjectival suffix

   ‎douar (“earth”) + ‎-ek → ‎douarek (“earthy, earthly”)

   ‎dour (“water”) + ‎-ek → ‎dourek (“watery, humid”)

   ‎houarn (“iron”) + ‎-ek → ‎houarnek (“ferrous”)

• -eg

From Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ.

-ek m

1. forms masculine diminutive nouns

   ‎stůl + ‎-ek → ‎stolek

inanimate declension:

animate declension:

• -ek in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

• IPA^(key): [ɛk]

-e- (linking vowel) +‎ -k (plural suffix)

-ek

1. (plural suffix) -s, -es

   kert (“garden”) → kertek (“gardens”)

• (plural suffix) Harmonic variants:

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

  nő (“woman”) →‎ nők (“women”)

  fa (“tree”) →‎ fák (“trees”)

  csésze (“cup”) →‎ csészék (“cups”)

  -ak is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant:

  ház (“house”) →‎ házak (“houses”)

  -ok is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant:

  pad (“bench”) →‎ padok (“benches”)

  -ek is added to unrounded front-vowel words (and some rounded front-vowel words) ending in a consonant:

  kert (“garden”) →‎ kertek (“gardens”)

  könyv (“book”) →‎ könyvek (“books”)

  -ök is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant:

  kör (“circle”) →‎ körök (“circles”)

• Note that the plural form is not used after definite and indefinite numerals in Hungarian (e.g. három könyv - three books, néhány óra múlva - in a few hours), only if there is no numeral before the phrase. There are very few (traditional) exceptions, including háromkirályok, mindenszentek as well as összes művei, költeményei (compare plural -i after a possessive suffix).

-e- (linking vowel) +‎ -k (personal suffix)

-ek

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).

   kér (“to ask”) → kérek (“I ask, I am asking”)

• (personal suffix) Variants:

  -ok is added to back vowel verbs

  -ek is added to unrounded front vowel verbs

  -ök is added to rounded front vowel verbs

  -om is added to back vowel -ik verbs

  -em is added to unrounded front vowel -ik verbs

  -öm is added to rounded front vowel -ik verbs

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

Cognate with yek (one)

-ek

1. a, an (indefinite article)

From Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ.

-ek m

1. masculine diminutive noun suffix

Masculine personal:

Masculine animate:

Masculine inanimate:

-ek (Cyrillic spelling -ек)

1. Suffix appended to the present stem of verbs or nouns to form an adjective denoting a feature or a dimension.

   • Proto-Slavic *dalь + -ek → dalek (“far”).

• -ak
• -ok

-ek (Cyrillic spelling -ек)

1. (Kajkavian) Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a performer, feature, human relation, result of an action, object, diminutive or a proper name.

-ek

1. ablative-modalis case ending

A historical merger of ablative and modalis (instrumental). It performs a wide range of adverbial and syntactic functions.[1]