-ú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uː]

Suffix

-ú

  1. (adjective suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective denoting possession.
    láb (“foot”) → nagy lábú ember - man with big feet / big footed man
    haj (“hair”) → vörös hajú - redheaded

Usage notes

  • Harmonic 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-.

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_adjectives_suffixed_with_-%C3%BA'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ú</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Irish

Etymology 1

From -aigh +‎ -adh

Alternative forms

  • -iú (slender form)
  • -ughadh (obsolete)

Suffix

-ú m

  1. Regular verbal noun of second-conjugation verbs, notably verbs in -aigh.
    tosaigh (“begin”) + ‎-ú → ‎tosú (“commencement”)
    uraigh (“eclipse”, verb) + ‎-ú → ‎urú (“eclipse”, noun)
Declension
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-%C3%BA_(verbal_noun)'>Irish words suffixed with -ú (verbal noun)</a>

Etymology 2

From Old Irish -mad, from Proto-Celtic *-metos; compare Welsh -fed.

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ú

  1. -th (suffix forming ordinal numbers)
    ocht (“eight”) + ‎-ú → ‎ochtú (“eighth”)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-%C3%BA_(ordinal)'>Irish words suffixed with -ú (ordinal)</a>
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