-ális

See also: alis, Alis, and -alis

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin -alis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aːliʃ]

Suffix

-ális

  1. Added to foreign words to create an adjective or a noun.
    zseniális (“genial, marked by genius”)
    speciális (“special”)
    kulturális (“cultural”)
    admirális (“admiral”)

Usage notes

According to Attila Mártonfi, -ális is one of the "32 typical, distinguishable foreign word endings, which is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix".[1]

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_adjectives_suffixed_with_-%C3%A1lis'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ális</a>
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-%C3%A1lis'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ális</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

  1. ↑ Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006
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