-l
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-l/
Suffix
-l
- Marks the adessive case: at
- Marks the inessive case: in
- Marks the temporal case: for
- Marks the instrumental case: using; by means of
- Marks the testimonial case: by; ... is my witness
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 363
Hungarian
Etymology 1
From a Proto-Uralic *-l suffix.[1]
Suffix
-l
- (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun, an adjective, a verb or less frequently to an adverb to form a verb.
- csoda (“miracle”) + -l → csodál (“to admire”)
- hátra (“backwards”) + -l → hátrál (“to step backward”)
- csere (“an exchange”) + -l → cserél (“to change”)
- fésű (“comb”) + -l → fésül (“to comb”)
- hat (“to progress, enter, get (in) somewhere, affect, take effect”) + -l → hatol (“to penetrate, make one’s way into”)
- (frequentative suffix, obsolete) Added to verbs.
- (causative suffix) Added to verbs.
- (instantaneous suffix) Added to verbs; now geminated, see -ll
Usage notes
- (verb-forming suffix) Variants:
- -l is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-. Final long vowels may shorten, e.g. ű → ü.
- -ol is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -al is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -el is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öl is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ál is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
Note: Certain words take another, synonymous suffix, -z/-oz/-az/-ez/-öz/-áz or -zik/-ozik/-azik/-ezik/-özik.
Derived terms
- babrál
- barangol
- bomlik
- bonyolít
- botlik
- cáfol
- csápol
- cserfel
- csigolya
- csihol
- csilingel
- csiripel
- csivitel
- csókol
- csörömpöl
- dacol
- dörömböl
- durmol
- emlékezik
- engesztel
- eszkábál
- eszmél
- fanyalodik
- ficánkol
- foszlik
- fúl
- fütyül
- gányol
- göngyölít
- guggol
- hajol
- hajszol
- hall
- harákol
- hatol
- hergel
- ihlet
- illan
- ingerel
- irdal
- kallódik
- karmol
- kárál
- kefél
- kelepel
- kéklik
- kísérel
- kortyol
- kotlik
- követel
- kukorékol
- kunyerál
- kuruttyol
- -lak, -lek
- -lal, -lel
- lehel
- locsol
- lohol
- magasztal
- majszol
- marasztal
- marcangol
- markol
- miákol
- mormol
- morzsol
- motoszkál
- nyargal
- nyiszál
- nyivákol
- nyúl
- omlik
- oszlik
- ötlik
- ötöl-hatol
- őröl
- parázslik
- paskol
- patyolat
- pepecsel
- pisil
- pittypalattyol
- pletykál
- pocsékol
- pocsolya
- pörköl
- püföl
- regöl (one option)
- reszel
- reteszel
- riszál
- robotol
- rombol (one option)
- romlik
- rostál
- sajnál
- sajtol
- sínylik
- sípol
- tapasztal
- tékozol
- tépelődik
- térdepel
- tombol
- torlódik
- tökél → eltökél
- töröl
- trécsel
- ürül
- vizsla
- zilál
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *-lᴕ/*-lᴕ̈ place name suffix. Cognate with Northern Mansi -л (-l, ablative marker).
Suffix
-l
- (ablative suffix, obsolete) It is of ancient origin answering the question from where? It is no longer productive and is no longer an independent suffix in modern Hungarian. However, it can still be found in suffixes such as -ból/-ből, -nál/-nél, -ról/-ről, -tól/-től, -ul/-ül, in postpositions such as alól, mellől and in several adverbs, e.g. kívül, belül, hátul. In the Old Hungarian era it could express not only direction but also more abstract adverbs.
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- ^ -l 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.)
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-lla. Cognates include Finnish -lla and Estonian -l.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-lːɑ/, [-ɫːɑ], /-lːæ/, [-lʲːæ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-l/, [-l]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /-l/, [-l]
Suffix
-l
- Used to form the adessive case; on
Usage notes
- May trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel.
Inflection
Possessive forms of -l | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | -llaan | -llamme |
2nd person | -llaas | -llanne |
3rd person | -llaa | -llasse |
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *-lom, from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“to let, leave”).
Suffix
-l n
- Forms verbal nouns for verbs ending in ·lá
Inflection
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | -lN | -lN | -lL, -la |
vocative | -lN | -lN | -lL, -la |
accusative | -lN | -lN | -lL, -la |
genitive | -ilL | -l | -lN |
dative | -lL | -laib | -laib |
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl -lli.
Noun
-l
- Forms a nominalized passive participle (noun) from any verb.
Further reading
- Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter. p. 50
Romani
Suffix
-l
- Forms the third-person singular present indicative of vocalic oikoclitic verbs
Romanian
Alternative forms
- -ul — for masculine and neuter nouns that do not end in a vowel other than -i
- -le — for masculine and neuter nouns that end in -e
Etymology
Suffixed form of ăl (inherited from Latin illum) which originally followed the noun and became attached to it as an inflection, unlike the definite articles in the other major Romance languages, which go before the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l/
Suffix
-l m or n
- (definite article) the (masculine/neuter singular, nominative and accusative)
Usage notes
This form of the definite article is used for both masculine and neuter nouns in the nominative and accusative cases which end in a vowel other than -e or -i:
- tatăl (the father), from tată, masc.
- fiul (the son), from fiu, masc.
- agrul (the field), from agru, neut.
- leul (the lion), from leu, masc.
The suffix is also used with masculine and neuter singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies.