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-adal

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See also: adal, Adal, aðal, and aðal-

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From -d (frequentative suffix) +‎ -l (nominal-forming suffix), presumably formed in the Old Hungarian era.[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-adal

  1. (noun-forming suffix, rare) Added to a verb to form a noun to express the action and the object of the action. No longer productive.
    vív (to fence; to fight) + ‎-adal → ‎viadal (fight)

Usage notes

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  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -adal is added to back-vowel words
    -edel is added to front-vowel words

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -adal -adalok
accusative -adalt -adalokat
dative -adalnak -adaloknak
instrumental -adallal -adalokkal
causal-final -adalért -adalokért
translative -adallá -adalokká
terminative -adalig -adalokig
essive-formal -adalként -adalokként
essive-modal
inessive -adalban -adalokban
superessive -adalon -adalokon
adessive -adalnál -adaloknál
illative -adalba -adalokba
sublative -adalra -adalokra
allative -adalhoz -adalokhoz
elative -adalból -adalokból
delative -adalról -adalokról
ablative -adaltól -adaloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-adalé -adaloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-adaléi -adalokéi
Possessive forms of -adal
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -adalom -adalaim
2nd person sing. -adalod -adalaid
3rd person sing. -adala -adalai
1st person plural -adalunk -adalaink
2nd person plural -adalotok -adalaitok
3rd person plural -adaluk -adalaik

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ -adal 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.)