-ag - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -g (frequentative and nominal-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ɒɡ]

-ag

1. (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.

   kacag (“to laugh”)

2. (nominal-forming suffix) Added to a verb or a noun to form a noun or an adjective.

   ‎oszt (“to deal out”) + ‎-ag → ‎osztag (“squad”)

   ‎ló (“horse”) + ‎-ag → ‎lovag (“knight”)

   ‎hallgat (“to remain silent”) + ‎-ag → ‎hallgatag (“taciturn, reserved”)

• (frequentative suffix) Variants:

  -g is added to words ending in a vowel

  -og is added to some back-vowel words

  -ag is added to other back-vowel words

  -eg is added to unrounded front-vowel words

  -ög is added to rounded front-vowel words

• (nominal-forming suffix) Variants:

  -g is added to words ending in a vowel

  -ag is added to back vowel words

  -eg is added to front vowel words

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -agh.

-ag f

1. A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.

-ag

1. A suffix denoting the third-person plural of an animate noun
2. A suffix denoting the first-person singular to third person singular proximate conjunct form of an transitive animate verb (vta)

• -g
• -oog
• -wag

• -ig

From Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

-ag

1. forming adjectives from a-stem nouns and verbs (see English -y)

• Middle Low German: -ig, -ich
  • German Low German: -ig

From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -ach.

• IPA^(key): /ak/

-ag f

1. A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.

   ‎slat (“stick, rod, twig, switch, wand”) + ‎-ag → ‎slatag (“violin bow, wand”)

   ‎bior (“prickle, thorn”) + ‎-ag → ‎biorag (“small thorn, small prickle”)

   ‎nighean (“daughter, girl”) + ‎-ag → ‎nìghneag (“little girl, daughterling”)

   • Often used for female given names.

     Mòrag, Sìneag, Annag, Beathag

-ag

1. Used to indicate an abundance.