Aneye dialect spelling variant of-s.

-z

1. (urban slang, lolspeak, leetspeak)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/.

   Boyz are always trouble.

   He lovez me.

Rhotacism of/ɹ/. Attested since at least 1987.^[1]

-z

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand)Forms nicknames, especially of personal names.

   ‎Barry + ‎-z → ‎Baz

   ‎Sharon + ‎-z → ‎Shaz

   ‎Jeremy + ‎-z → ‎Jez

2. (UK)Formscolloquial variants of words.

   ‎sorry + ‎-z → ‎soz

   ‎tomorrow + ‎-z → ‎tomoz

   ‎apparently + ‎-z → ‎appaz

• Applied to words whose stressed syllable ends in/ɹ/, with the suffix replacing the/ɹ/ and the rest of the word.

• -zza

• -ez(after consonants)

Unknown.^[1]

-z

1. Instrumental indefinite suffix.

   ‎autobus(“bus”) + ‎-z → ‎autobusez(“by bus”)

-z

1. Suffix indicating thesingularfutureindicative of verbs.

• -zquiya

FromProto-Uralic*-ta-. The preceding vowel, if any, is from the originalstem of the root word.

-z

1. (verb-forming suffix)Added to anoun to form averb. Less frequently, it can also be found added onto other parts of speech.

   ‎só(“salt”,noun) + ‎-z → ‎sóz(“to salt”)

   ‎tiszta(“clean, clear”,adjective) + ‎-z → ‎tisztáz(“to clarify”)

   ‎kettő(“two”,numeral) + ‎-z → ‎kettőz(“to duplicate, to double”)

   ‎maga(“you”,pronoun, formal) + ‎-z → ‎magáz(“to address someone formally”)

   ‎ide(“here, this way”,adverb) + ‎-z → ‎idéz(“to summon”)

2. (obsolete noun-forming suffix) Found inigaz,száraz. See the main variant-sz.

• (verb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -z is added to words ending in a vowel. Final-a changes to-á-. Final-e changes to-é-.

  -oz is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -az is added toother back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ez is added to unrounded (andsome rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -öz is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -áz is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

Note: Certain words take another, synonymous suffix,-zik/-ozik/-azik/-ezik/-özik or-l/-ol/-al/-el/-öl/-ál.

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

• 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)

-z

1. Replaces -ts, -sts at the end of a word.

   mort(“dead”) (oblique singular) →morz(“dead”) (oblique plural)

   repast(“meal”) (oblique singular) →repaz(“meal”) (oblique plural)

   • c.1100s,Marie de France,Equitan:

     Femme espuse ot li seneschals,
     Dunt puis vient el païs granz mal[s]

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

-z

1. (Sheng)"urbanizes" a word, makes it morehip withyouth

In Kenya,(-z) can be applied to nouns and verbs. In Tanzania,(-z) is usually only applied to nouns, likemtotoz.

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