-eg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eg"

Breton

Etymology

Akin to Welsh -eg.

Suffix

-eg

1. Used to form languages or dialects; -ish, -ic

   ‎Gall (“Frenchman”) + ‎-eg → ‎galleg (“French language”)

   ‎Leon (“Léon”) + ‎-eg → ‎leoneg (“Léon dialect”)

See also

Breton terms suffixed with -eg

References

• Ian Press (1986) A grammar of modern Breton, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 217

Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡ/

Pronoun

-eg

1. (enclitic, after a consonant) Alternative form of ge

   J-eg vān edmān. ― They go there tomorrow. (imperative, singular)

   J-eg dān da fêr. ― They give her trouble.

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (weak forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Proclitic				Enclitic				Aphetic
			N	A	D	R	N	A	D	R	N	A	D	R
Singular	First	—	aj-	m’			-ja	-em			-ja	-m
	Second	—	t-	t’			-et				-t
	Third	Masculine	l-		g’	s’	-el		-eg	-es	-l		-g	-s
		Feminine	l’				-la				-la
Plural	First	—	aj-	s’			-ja	-es			-ja	-s
	Second	—	aj-	v’			-ev				-v
	Third	Masculine	j-		g’	s’	-i		-eg	-es	-j		-g	-s
		Feminine	elj-				-li				-li

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛɡ]

Suffix

-eg

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

   ketyeg (“to tick (like a clock)”)

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

   ‎töm (“to stuff”) + ‎-eg → ‎tömeg (“mass”)

   ‎sző (“to weave”) + ‎-eg → ‎szöveg (“text”)

   ‎lő (“to shoot, to fire”) + ‎-eg → ‎löveg (“cannon, gun”)

   hideg (“cold”)

Usage notes

• (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

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -eg

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -eg

Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -eg

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German -ag, -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-agaz, *-īgaz, *-ugaz, each a variant of a common suffix *-gaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eχ/, [əɕ]

Suffix

-eg

1. -y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems

Derived terms

Luxembourgish terms suffixed with -eg

Middle English

Suffix

-eg

1. Alternative form of -y (“-y”)

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *-ikā f.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aɡ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/

Suffix

-eg

1. a language, -ic, -ish

   ‎Llydaw (“Brittany”) + ‎-eg → ‎Llydaweg (“Breton language”)

   ‎Gwyddel (“Irishman”) + ‎-eg → ‎Gwyddeleg (“Irish language”)

   ‎Indonesia (“Indonesia”) + ‎-eg → ‎Indoneseg (“Indonesian language”)

2. a science, a study, -y, -ics

   Synonym: -leg

   ‎peiriant (“machine, engine”) + ‎-eg → ‎peirianneg (“engineering”)

   ‎rheswm (“reason”) + ‎-eg → ‎rhesymeg (“logic”)

   ‎electron (“electron”) + ‎-eg → ‎electroneg (“electronics”)

Usage notes

The suffix -eg is feminine but when it refers to a language, the resulting derived does not cause the soft mutation of qualifying adjectives as other feminine nouns do, especially when the adjective defines a specific or specialised kind of language.

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -eg

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-eg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies