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Appendix:Variations of "z" English Etymology 1 An eye dialect spelling variant of en -s. Suffix en suffix en urban _ slang lolspeak leet Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/. en Boyz are always trouble, while girlz just play with their Bratz dolls. en He lovez me and I love my warez. Related terms en -ez Etymology 2 From a mutation (specifically a zetacism) of the rhotic consonant /ɹ/ to /z/. While standalone suffixation (such as en soz and en Baz) gained wide recognition in British print during the 1980s, the underlying morphophonological shift is attested significantly earlier in Australian English via the derived non‐rhotic suffix en -zza (such as Bazza for Barry), which has been in print since at least the 1960s.John Silverlight More Words Macmillan 1987 53 9780333436844 Examples are ‘Kaz’, ‘Shaz’, ‘Baz’ and ‘Waz’ for Karen, Sharon, Barry, and Warwick, and the latest, ‘soz’ for sorry. Suffix en suffix en r_name en UK Australia NZ Forms nicknames, especially of personal names. en Barry Baz Baz en Sharon Shaz Shaz en Jeremy Jez Jez en r_nonname en UK Forms colloquial variants of words. en sorry soz soz en tomorrow tomoz tomoz en apparently appaz appaz Usage notes Typically applied to words where the stressed vowel is followed by an /ɹ/, with the suffix replacing the rhotic consonant and truncating the remainder of the word. Derived terms en -zza 2 Colloquial Malaysian and Singaporean English terms derived from this suffix en onz en rabz from en rabak, en rabz kebabz en upz References Basque Alternative forms eu -ez after consonants Etymology eu.366 Suffix eu suffix inflectional suffixes Instrumental indefinite suffix. eu autobus bus autobusez by bus Declension Derived terms eu References Classical Nahuatl Suffix nci suffix form Suffix indicating the singular future indicative of verbs. Derived terms nci -zquiya Hungarian Etymology From hu urj-pro *-ta-. The preceding vowel, if any, is from the original stem of the root word. Suffix hu suffix hu verb-forming suffix Added to a noun to form a verb. Less frequently, it can also be found added onto other parts of speech. hu só salt noun sóz to salt hu tiszta clean, clear adjective tisztáz to clarify hu kettő two numeral kettőz to duplicate, to double hu maga you pronoun, formal magáz to address someone formally hu ide here, this way adverb idéz to summon hu obsolete _ noun-forming suffix Found in hu igaz, hu száraz. See the main variant hu -sz. Usage notes Derived terms hu verb See also Appendix:Hungarian suffixes Further reading Csonka Csilla: A -l(ik) és a -z(ik) igeképzőkről a magyar mint idegen nyelv szempontjából (On the verb-forming suffixes -l(ik) and -z(ik) from the perspective of Hungarian as a foreign language) Old French Suffix fro suffix Replaces -ts, -sts at the end of a word. fro mort dead (oblique singular) → fro morz morz dead (oblique plural) fro repast meal (oblique singular) → fro repaz repaz meal (oblique plural) fro c. 1100s w:Marie de France w:Equitan Femme espuse ot li seneschals,Dunt puis vient el païs granz mal[s] Swahili Suffix sw suffix sw Sheng "urbanizes" a word, makes it more hip with youth Usage notes In Kenya, sw -z can be applied to nouns and verbs. In Tanzania, sw -z is usually only applied to nouns, like sw mtotoz.