-kés

Hungarian

Etymology

-ke (“diminutive suffix”) +‎ -s (“adjective-forming suffix”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [keːʃ]

Suffix

-kés

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) Appended to an adjective to form a new adjective expressing easement or reduction of the original quality, -ish.
    édes (“sweet”) → édeskés (“sweetish, somewhat sweet”)

Usage notes

  • (adjective-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -kás is added to back vowel verbs
    -kés is added to front vowel verbs

Derived terms

Category Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -kés not found

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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