-dad

Appendix:Variations of "dad" Hungarian Etymology 1283. From the repeated hu -d diminutive suffix y. Originally, it was a diminutive suffix (cf. hu kisded). Today it is used to express similarity just like the suffixes hu -féle and hu -szerű. Pronunciation hu ɒd 1 hu -dad Suffix hu adjective hu adjective-forming suffix similar to, sort of, -like, resembling, in the nature of; added to a word to form an adjective hu tojás<t:egg> tojásdad<t:egg-shaped> Usage notes adjective-forming suffix Variants: hu -dad is added to back-vowel words hu -ded is added to front-vowel words Derived terms hu adjective hu archaic forms hosszúdad ifjúdad karcsúdad lassúdad magasdad vékonydad See also Appendix:Hungarian suffixes References hu adjective-forming suffixes Spanish Alternative forms es -idad -edad Etymology es :inh osp:-dat es osp -dat, from es la -tās -tātem, from es ine-pro *-teh₂ts. Pronunciation Suffix f forms nouns representing the property corresponding to an adjective; -ity Usage notes The bare form -dad only comes after the letters l or n. Adjectives ending in es -io and two syllable adjectives take the form es -edad. Adjectives ending in es -ble take the form es -bilidad. Adjectives with three or more syllables take the es -idad form. Derived terms es Related terms es -bilidad -edad -idad Further reading