-zet

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wīdzatī, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“twenty”). Cognate to Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi), Latin viginti and Sanskrit विंशति (viṁśatí).

Numeral

-zet

  1. twenty

Hungarian

Etymology

-z (verb-forming suffix) + -et (noun-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zɛt]

Suffix

-zet

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an abstract noun or a collective noun.
    kép (“picture”) → képzet (“idea, image, notion”)

Usage notes
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -zat is added to back vowel nouns
    -zet is added to front vowel nouns

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-zet' title='Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -zet'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -zet</a>

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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