-ózus
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oːzuʃ]
Suffix
-ózus
- (adjective-forming suffix) -ous, -ious (added to a foreign word to create an adjective)
- ominózus (“ominous”)
Usage notes
According to Attila Mártonfi, -ózus is one of the "32 typical, distinguishable foreign word endings" which cannot be considered independent Hungarian suffixes.[1]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ózus | -ózusak |
| accusative | -ózusat -ózust |
-ózusakat |
| dative | -ózusnak | -ózusaknak |
| instrumental | -ózussal | -ózusakkal |
| causal-final | -ózusért | -ózusakért |
| translative | -ózussá | -ózusakká |
| terminative | -ózusig | -ózusakig |
| essive-formal | -ózusként | -ózusakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | -ózusban | -ózusakban |
| superessive | -ózuson | -ózusakon |
| adessive | -ózusnál | -ózusaknál |
| illative | -ózusba | -ózusakba |
| sublative | -ózusra | -ózusakra |
| allative | -ózushoz | -ózusakhoz |
| elative | -ózusból | -ózusakból |
| delative | -ózusról | -ózusakról |
| ablative | -ózustól | -ózusaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
-ózusé | -ózusaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
-ózuséi | -ózusakéi |
Derived terms
Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ózus
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- ^ Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of the PhD dissertation, Budapest, 2006