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See also: dek

From -d (frequentative suffix) +‎ -ék (nominal-forming suffix).[1]

-dék

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun to indicate the result of the action. No longer productive.
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -dék is added to some back-vowel words
    ‎szán (“to pity”) + ‎-dék → ‎szándék (“intention”)
    -dok is added to some back-vowel words
    ‎nyom (“to weigh, press”) + ‎-dok → ‎nyomdok (“footstep, footprint, track”)
    -adék is added to back-vowel words
    ‎hull (“to fall”) + ‎-adék → ‎hulladék (“waste, refuse, garbage”)
    -edék is added to front-vowel words
    ‎söpör (“to sweep”) + ‎-edék → ‎söpredék (“riffraff, mob, rabble”)
  1. ^ -dék in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, page 137, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)