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• IPA^(key): [uː]

-ú

1. (adjective-forming suffix)Added to anoun to form anadjective denoting possession or similarity. It is used only inparasynthetic compounds, requiring a preceding adjective or a compound structure. Similar in function to English-ed.

   nagy(“big”) +láb(“foot”) →nagy lábú ember(“a manwith big feet / a big-footed man”)

   vörös(“red”) +haj(“hair”) →vörös hajú(“redheaded”)

2. (obsolete present-participle suffix)Found today only in a few words such ashomorú(“concave”,adjective),szigorú(“strict”,adjective),nyomorú(“miserable”,adjective).

• (adjective-forming suffix): Variants:

  -ú is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ű is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -jú is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final-a changes to-á-.

  -jű is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final-e changes to-é-.

• (present-participle suffix) Variants:

  -ó is added to back-vowel verbs

  -ő is added to front-vowel verbs

  -ú is added to back-vowel verbs, obsolete

  homorú,nyomorú,szigorú

  -ű is added to front-vowel verbs, obsolete

  keserű,seprű

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

FromOld Irish-ugud. Bysurface analysis,-aigh +‎-adh.

• -iú(slender form)
• -ughadh,superseded

-ú m

2. Regularverbal noun of second-conjugation verbs, notably verbs in-aigh.

   ‎tosaigh(“begin”) + ‎-ú → ‎tosú(“commencement”)

   ‎uraigh(“eclipse”,verb) + ‎-ú → ‎urú(“eclipse”,noun)

FromOld Irish-mad, fromProto-Celtic*-metos; compareWelsh-fed. Cognate withScottish Gaelic-amh.

• -mhadh(superseded)

-ú

2. -th(suffix forming ordinal numbers)

   ‎ocht(“eight”) + ‎-ú → ‎ochtú(“eighth”)

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