-tel

See also: -teľ and Appendix:Variations of "tel"

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-teľь. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic -тєль (-telĭ), Serbo-Croatian -telj and Russian -тель (-telʹ).

Suffix

-tel

  1. Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does something, much like the English -or.
    ‎učit + ‎-tel → ‎učitel
    ‎stavět + ‎-tel → ‎stavitel

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Czech_words_suffixed_with_-tel' title='Category:Czech words suffixed with -tel'>Czech words suffixed with -tel</a>

See also

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɛl]

Suffix

-tel

  1. (noun suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun.
    eszik (“to eat”) → étel (“food”)

Usage notes
  • (noun suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -tal is added to back vowel words
    -tel is added to front vowel words
    -atal same as -tal with a linking vowel
    -etel same as -tel with a linking vowel

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

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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