-k
English
Etymology
From Middle English -ken, -kien, from Old English -cian, from Proto-Germanic *-kōną. Cognate with West Frisian -kje, German -chen, Danish -ke, Swedish -ka. Perhaps related to Old English diminutive suffix -uc, -oc. More at -ock.
Abenaki
Suffix
-k
Usage notes
- Used to form the plurals of almost all words that end in a, and of some words that end in other vowels or in the semivowel w; not used to form the plurals of words ending in consonants.
- See the usage notes at -ak.
Chuukese
Estonian
Etymology 1
Cognate with Finnish -kko.
Suffix
-k (genitive -ku, partitive -kut)
Declension
Inflection of -k (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | -k | -kud |
accusative | -ku | -kud |
genitive | -ku | -kute |
partitive | -kut | -kuid |
illative | -kusse | -kutesse -kuisse |
inessive | -kus | -kutes -kuis |
elative | -kust | -kutest -kuist |
allative | -kule | -kutele -kuile |
adessive | -kul | -kutel -kuil |
ablative | -kult | -kutelt -kuilt |
translative | -kuks | -kuteks -kuiks |
terminative | -kuni | -kuteni |
essive | -kuna | -kutena |
abessive | -kuta | -kuteta |
comitative | -kuga | -kutega |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Estonian_words_suffixed_with_-k' title='Category:Estonian words suffixed with -k'>Estonian words suffixed with -k</a>
Etymology 2
Cognate with Finnish -kki.
Suffix
Declension
Inflection of -k (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | -k | -kid |
accusative | -ki | -kid |
genitive | -ki | -kite |
partitive | -kit | -keid |
illative | -kisse | -kitesse -keisse |
inessive | -kis | -kites -keis |
elative | -kist | -kitest -keist |
allative | -kile | -kitele -keile |
adessive | -kil | -kitel -keil |
ablative | -kilt | -kitelt -keilt |
translative | -kiks | -kiteks -keiks |
terminative | -kini | -kiteni |
essive | -kina | -kitena |
abessive | -kita | -kiteta |
comitative | -kiga | -kitega |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Estonian_words_suffixed_with_-k' title='Category:Estonian words suffixed with -k'>Estonian words suffixed with -k</a>
Etymology 3
May be the same as etymology 2.
Hungarian
Suffix
-k
Usage notes
- (plural suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -k is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -ak is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- -ok is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- -ek is added to unrounded front-vowel words (and some rounded front-vowel words) ending in a consonant:
- -ök is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant:
- Note that the plural form is not used after definite and indefinite numerals in Hungarian (e.g. három könyv - three books, néhány óra múlva - in a few hours), only if there is no numeral before the phrase. There are very few (traditional) exceptions, including háromkirályok, mindenszentek as well as összes művei, költeményei (compare plural -i after a possessive suffix).
See also
- Category:Hungarian noun forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Lower Sorbian
Suffix
-k
- used on masculine nouns to form a diminutive
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Lower_Sorbian_words_suffixed_with_-k' title='Category:Lower Sorbian words suffixed with -k'>Lower Sorbian words suffixed with -k</a>
Maltese
Veps
Etymology
Particle
-k
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