-ll

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ll"

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lː]

Suffix

-ll

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

   ‎drága (“expensive”) + ‎-ll → ‎drágáll (“to find something expensive”)

Usage notes

• (all senses) Variants:

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

  ‎drága (“expensive”) + ‎-ll → ‎drágáll (“to find something expensive”)

  -oll is added to a few back-vowel words

  ‎nagy (“big”) + ‎-oll → ‎nagyoll (“to find something too big”)

  -all is added to most back-vowel words

  ‎sok (“many”) + ‎-all → ‎sokall (“to find something too much”)

  -ell is added to front-vowel words

  ‎kevés (“few”) + ‎-ell → ‎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.)