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-eg

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Breton

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Etymology

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Akin to Welsh -eg.

Suffix

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-eg

  1. Used to form languages or dialects; -ish, -ic
    Gall (Frenchman) + ‎-eg → ‎galleg (French language)
    Leon (Léon) + ‎-eg → ‎leoneg (Léon dialect)

See also

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References

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  • Ian Press (1986) A grammar of modern Breton, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 217

Emilian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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-eg

  1. (enclitic, after a consonant) Alternative form of ge
    J-eg vān edmān.They go there tomorrow. (imperative, singular)
    J-eg dān da fêr.They give her trouble.
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -g (frequentative and nominal-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-eg

  1. (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
    ketyeg (to tick (like a clock))
  2. (nominal-forming suffix) Added to a verb or a stem to form a noun or an adjective.
    töm (to stuff) + ‎-eg → ‎tömeg (mass)
    sző (to weave) + ‎-eg → ‎szöveg (text)
    (to shoot, to fire) + ‎-eg → ‎löveg (cannon, gun)
    hideg (cold)

Usage notes

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  • (frequentative suffix) Variants:
    -g is added to words ending in a vowel
    -og is added to some back-vowel words
    -ag is added to other back-vowel words
    -eg is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    -ög is added to rounded front-vowel words
  • (nominal-forming suffix) Variants:
    -g is added to words ending in a vowel
    -ag is added to back-vowel words
    -eg is added to front-vowel words

Derived terms

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German -ag, -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-agaz, *-īgaz, *-ugaz, each a variant of a common suffix *-gaz.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-eg

  1. -y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems

Derived terms

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Middle English

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Suffix

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-eg

  1. Alternative form of -y (-y)

Old English

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Suffix

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-eġ

  1. Alternative form of -iġ.

Welsh

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Etymology

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Proto-Celtic *-ikā f.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-eg

  1. a language, -ic, -ish
    Llydaw (Brittany) + ‎-eg → ‎Llydaweg (Breton language)
    Gwyddel (Irishman) + ‎-eg → ‎Gwyddeleg (Irish language)
    Indonesia (Indonesia) + ‎-eg → ‎Indoneseg (Indonesian language)
  2. a science, a study, -y, -ics
    Synonym: -leg
    peiriant (machine, engine) + ‎-eg → ‎peirianneg (engineering)
    rheswm (reason) + ‎-eg → ‎rhesymeg (logic)
    electron (electron) + ‎-eg → ‎electroneg (electronics)

Usage notes

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The suffix -eg is feminine but when it refers to a language, the resulting derived does not cause the soft mutation of qualifying adjectives as other feminine nouns do, especially when the adjective defines a specific or specialised kind of language.[1]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Thomas, Peter Wynn, Gramadeg y Gymraeg, →ISBN, page 650

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-eg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies