-ék
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ek"
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]
Suffix
[edit]-ék
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From -é (possessive suffix) + -k (plural suffix).[1]
Suffix
[edit]-ék
- (heterogeneous plural suffix) Added to a proper noun or sometimes a common noun to refer to a group of persons associated with somebody (e.g. a family, a circle of friends, etc.).
- Éviék mikor érkeznek? ― When will Évi and her lot (friends/family) arrive?
- Horváthék a második emeleten laknak. ― The Horváth family / Horváths live on the second floor.
See also
[edit]- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
- (etymology 2): 達 (-tachi) suffix in Japanese
References
[edit]- ^ -ék in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
[edit]- Grammatical Features Inventory: Associativity. Kibort, Anna, 2008, University of Surrey.