-adal

See also: adal, Adal, aðal, and aðal-

Hungarian

Etymology

From -d (frequentative suffix) +‎ -l (nominal-forming suffix), presumably formed in the Old Hungarian era.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒdɒl]

Suffix

-adal

1. (noun-forming suffix, rare) Added to a verb to form a noun to express the action and the object of the action. No longer productive.

   ‎vív (“to fence; to fight”) + ‎-adal → ‎viadal (“fight”)

Usage notes

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -adal is added to back-vowel words

  -edel is added to front-vowel words

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-adal	-adalok
accusative	-adalt	-adalokat
dative	-adalnak	-adaloknak
instrumental	-adallal	-adalokkal
causal-final	-adalért	-adalokért
translative	-adallá	-adalokká
terminative	-adalig	-adalokig
essive-formal	-adalként	-adalokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-adalban	-adalokban
superessive	-adalon	-adalokon
adessive	-adalnál	-adaloknál
illative	-adalba	-adalokba
sublative	-adalra	-adalokra
allative	-adalhoz	-adalokhoz
elative	-adalból	-adalokból
delative	-adalról	-adalokról
ablative	-adaltól	-adaloktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	-adalé	-adaloké
non-attributive possessive - plural	-adaléi	-adalokéi

Possessive forms of -adal
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	-adalom	-adalaim
2nd person sing.	-adalod	-adalaid
3rd person sing.	-adala	-adalai
1st person plural	-adalunk	-adalaink
2nd person plural	-adalotok	-adalaitok
3rd person plural	-adaluk	-adalaik

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -adal

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

1. -adal 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.)