-dad

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dad"

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1283. From the repeated -d (diminutive suffix). Originally, it was a diminutive suffix (cf. kisded). Today it is used to express similarity just like the suffixes -féle and -szerű.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dɒd]
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Suffix

-dad

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) similar to, sort of, -like, resembling, in the nature of. Added to a word to form an adjective.
    ‎tojás (“egg”) + ‎-dad → ‎tojásdad (“egg-shaped”)

Usage notes
  • (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
    -dad is added to back-vowel words
    -ded is added to front-vowel words

Derived terms
Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -dad

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. -dad 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, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish -dat, from Latin -tātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Suffix

-dad f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dades)

  1. forms nouns representing the property corresponding to an adjective; -ity

Usage notes
  • The bare form -dad only comes after the letters l or n. Adjectives ending in -io and two syllable adjectives take the form -edad. Adjectives ending in -ble take the form -bilidad. Adjectives with three or more syllables take the -idad form.

Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -dad

Further reading
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