-ll

See also: ll, Ll, LL, ll., 'll, and L-L

Hungarian

Etymology

A variant of the verb-forming suffix -l.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lː]

Suffix

-ll

  1. (instantaneous suffix, rare) Appended to a verb to form a new verb expressing instantaneous action. It is no longer productive in this sense.
  2. (verb-forming suffix) Appended to an adjective to form a verb meaning "to consider/find/think as". In this sense, it is still productive.
    drága (“expensive”) → drágáll (“to find something expensive”)

Usage notes
  • (all senses) Harmonic variants:
    -ll is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á.
    drága (“expensive”) → drágáll (“to find something expensive”)
    -oll is added to a few back-vowel words
    nagy (“big”) → nagyoll (“to find something too big”)
    -all is added to most back-vowel words
    sok (“many”) → sokall (“to find something too much”)
    -ell is added to front-vowel words
    kevés (“few”) → kevesell (“to find something too little or insufficient”)

Derived terms
Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ll

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. -ll in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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