-llik
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -ll (a variant of the verb-forming suffix -l) + -ik (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-llik
Usage notes
[edit]- (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
- -lik is added to both back-vowel and front-vowel words.
- -llik is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á. Final -e changes to -é.
- barna (“brown”) + -llik → barnállik (“to appear in brown color”)
- fekete (“black”) + -llik → feketéllik (“to appear in black color”)
- -allik is added to back-vowel words
- -ollik is added to some back-vowel words
- -ellik is added to front-vowel words