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-az
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Appendix:Variations of "az"
English
Alternative forms
en -azz
Pronunciation
en [-az] [-ɑz] [-ɐz]
en æz 1
Suffix
-az es
en Toronto Southeastern-Ontario Used to mark or derive certain nouns from verbs, adjectives, and other nouns.
Usage notes
The detail in semantics and applicability of the suffix is subtle and difficult to pin down, but has been described as 'intensifying' or 'emphatic'.
Derived terms
en deafaz threeaz hardaz spliffaz
Hungarian
Etymology
From hu -a- linking vowel y + hu -z verb-forming suffix verb.
Pronunciation
hu ɒz 1
Suffix
hu suffix
hu verb-forming suffix Added to a noun to form a verb.
hu alkalom occasion alkalmaz to apply
Usage notes
Derived terms
hu verb
See also
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes