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ias ías -ías -iäs Finnish Etymology From fi -ja agent suffix as. Suffix adjective iäs forms adjectives and sometimes nouns, often from verbs describing doing such an action often Usage notes fi -uus nouns from adjectives with this suffix are formed with the variant fi -isuus. Declension -i a a Derived terms fi fi -lias fi -elias References Anagrams fi ais -isa ais sai Hungarian Etymology From hu -i -as adjective-forming suffix adjective-forming suffix suffix. Pronunciation hu ɒʃ 2 hu -i as Suffix hu suffix adjective-forming suffixes hu adjective-forming suffix reminding of, appropriate to, characteristic of added to a noun to form an adjective hu város city, town városias urban, reminding of/appropriate to a city or town Usage notes adjective-forming suffix Variants: hu -ias is added to back-vowel words hu -ies is added to front-vowel words Declension -ia s at t Derived terms hu See also Appendix:Hungarian suffixes Latin Etymology la 1 Pronunciation -iās la -i ās Suffix la suffix form -iās la -ius acc f p Lithuanian Alternative forms lt -jas (after vowels) lt -ỹs (under stress) Etymology From lt ine-bsl-pro *-jas; which also gave lv -̧s, -̧š – compare lt žálias : lv zaļš green; lt tùsčias : lv tukšs empty. Also related is the Proto-Slavic masculine sla-pro *-ь. Ultimately, a thematised variant of i-stems (see lt -is), either of Proto-Indo-European age (cf. ine-pro *-yós), or of more recent formation. Under stress, *-iós gave lt -ỹs; see for more. Pronunciation -ias Suffix lt suffix masculine nominative singular ending for i̯o-stem nouns and adjectives nouns lt élnias, lt kélias, lt mẽdžias, lt svẽčias, lt vélnias adjectives lt bẽrgždžias, lt kùrčias, lt pė́ščias, lt šviẽžias, lt trẽčias, lt tùsčias, lt žálias Declension nouns - adjectives lt adjective See also lt -ius Portuguese Pronunciation pt iɐs<s:2><a:Brazil> iɐʃ<s:2><a:Portugal> Suffix pt suffix form pt -io