-ul
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uɫ]
Suffix
preceding vowel | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
A / I | E / Ə / İ | O / U | Ö / Ü | |
postconsonantal except after L |
-ıl | -il | -ul | -ül |
after L | -ın | -in | -un | -ün |
postvocalic | -n |
-ul
Derived terms
See -il.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ul]
Suffix
-ul
- (verb-forming suffix) Added to a word to form an intransitive verb with a middle-voice meaning.
- csoportos (“collective”) + -ul → csoportosul (“to form a group”)
- azonos (“identical”) + -ul → azonosul (“to identify; to associate oneself with some group”)
- von (“to pull”) + -ul → vonul (“to go along, to stalk, to march”, literally “to pull oneself”)
- alak (“shape”) + -ul → alakul (“to take shape”)
Usage notes
Derived terms
Suffix
-ul/-ül (essive-modal case suffix)
Usage notes
- (essive-modal case suffix) Variants:
Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú |
Front vowel | |
---|---|---|---|
unrounded e, é, i, í |
rounded ö, ő, ü, ű | ||
nominative | — | ||
accusative | -t | ||
-ot / -at | -et | -öt | |
dative | -nak | -nek | |
instrumental | -val | -vel | |
causal-final | -ért | ||
translative | -vá | -vé | |
terminative | -ig | ||
essive-formal | -ként | ||
essive-modal | -ul | -ül | |
inessive | -ban | -ben | |
superessive | -n | ||
-on | -en | -ön | |
adessive | -nál | -nél | |
illative | -ba | -be | |
sublative | -ra | -re | |
allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
elative | -ból | -ből | |
delative | -ról | -ről | |
ablative | -tól | -től | |
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként |
Derived terms
See also
- Category:Hungarian terms taking -ul/-ül
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Middle English
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Identical to -l (a contracted form of an older -lu). Due to the misunderstanding of modern speakers it is assumed to be a separate suffix. In older Romanian (still dialectially attested and present in place names) masculine nouns end in -u for example: focu (now foc). A tendency to drop the pronunciation of final -u sounds lead to the modern pronunciation. Accordingly the old definite form for focu is foculu. Thus when subjected to final u dropping it results in the modern form focul. It is not that -ul is a suffix, but that the indefinite form is contracted, such that its not immediately obvious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ul/
- (informal) IPA(key): /u/
Usage notes
This form of the definite article is used for both masculine and neuter singular nouns in the nominative and accusative cases which do not end in a vowel, except for -i (which is somewhat uncommon in Romanian):
- bărbatul (“the man”), from bărbat m
- visul (“the dream”), from vis n
- copilul (“the child”), from copil m
- arcul (“the bow”), from arc n
- războiul (“the war”), from război n
- tramvaiul (“the tram”), from tramvai n
- cotoiul (“the tomcat”), from cotoi m
The suffix is also used with masculine and neuter singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies:
- deșteptul om, from omul deștept (both meaning "the smart man")
- viteazul soldat, from soldatul viteaz (both meaning "the brave soldier")
In informal speech, the final -l is often not pronounced.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uɫ]
Suffix
preceding vowel | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
A / I | E / İ | O / U | Ö / Ü | |
postconsonantal except after L |
-ıl | -il | -ul | -ül |
after L | -ın | -in | -un | -ün |
postvocalic | -n |
-ul
Derived terms
See -il.