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Appendix:Variations of "u" Hungarian Etymology hu Pronunciation Suffix hu suffix adjective-forming suffixes hu adjective-forming suffix Added to a noun to form an adjective denoting possession or similarity. It is used only in parasynthetic compounds, requiring a preceding adjective or a compound structure. Similar in function to English en -ed having-compound. hu nagy big + hu láb foot → hu nagy lábú ember a man with big feet / a big-footed man hu vörös red + hu haj hair → hu vörös hajú redheaded hu obsolete present-participle suffix Found today only in a few words such as hu homorú concave adjective, hu szigorú strict adjective, hu nyomorú miserable adjective. Usage notes Declension -úa o - Derived terms hu adjective hu Present-participle suffix aszú bárgyú batyu<qq:debated> domború háború homorú iszonyú kallantyú komorú kotú<qq:debated> nyomorú sanyarú sarjú sarkantyú satrantyú szigorú szomorú See also Appendix:Hungarian suffixes Irish Etymology 1 From ga sga -ugud. ga -aigh -adh verbal noun 1. Alternative forms ga -iú slender form ga -ughadh superseded Suffix n m ga verbal noun Regular verbal noun of second-conjugation verbs, notably verbs in ga -aigh. ga tosaigh begin tosú commencement ga uraigh eclipse v urú eclipse n Declension - ú aithe uithe uithe Derived terms ga verbal noun Etymology 2 ga ordinal From ga sga -mad, from ga cel-pro *-metos; compare cy -fed. Cognate with gd -amh ordinal. Alternative forms ga -mhadh superseded Suffix a ga ordinal -th suffix forming ordinal numbers ga ocht eight ochtú eighth Derived terms ga ordinal