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-ális
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Appendix:Variations of "alis"
Hungarian
Etymology
From hu la -alis.
Pronunciation
Suffix
hu suffix
Added to foreign words to create an adjective or a noun.
hu zseniális genial, marked by genius
hu speciális special
hu kulturális cultural
hu admirális admiral
Usage notes
According to Attila Mártonfi, -ális is one of the "32 typical, distinguishable foreign word endings, which is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix".Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006
Derived terms
hu adjective
hu noun
See also
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References