-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 (“dialect of Léon”)

See also

Breton terms suffixed with -eg

alamaneg

arabeg

brezhoneg

daneg

esperanteg

galianeg

galleg

gouezeleg

gwenedeg

iwerzhoneg

japaneg

kembraeg

kerneveg

leoneg

manaveg

marc'heg

okitaneg

portugaleg

rusianeg

sañskriteg

sinaeg

skolveurieg

tregerieg

zedacheg

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

cicceg

csepeg

cseveg

csicsereg

didereg

fityeg

göngyöleg

henceg

kesereg

ketyeg

közeleg

lebeg

pereg

pezseg

recseg

remeg

retteg

rezeg

szendereg

sziszeg

tekereg

tiszteleg

zizeg

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -eg

beteg

jelleg

köteg

közeg

lényeg

löveg

réteg

szöveg

szőnyeg

tömeg

üreg

Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -eg

hideg

meleg

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

adeleg

bluddeg

bronkeg

bësseg

dichteg

dreckeg

duuschtereg

däitschsproocheg

eckeg

eesäiteg

fläisseg

flësseg

fuusseg

geeschteg

gehéiereg

geraimeg

gespréicheg

glaseg

groussaarteg

gäizeg

haiteg

hiwweleg

hongereg

häerzeg

hëtzeg

kauzeg

knaschteg

koppeg

krauseleg

kriddeleg

lieweg

luusseg

niwweleg

plakeg

roueg

salzeg

schweesseg

sonneg

sëffeg

trauereg

véiereckeg

wollekeg

zabbeleg

zeideg

zoufälleg

zoustänneg

äifereg

äiseg

Middle English

Suffix

-eg

1. alternative form of -y (“-y”)

Old English

Suffix

-eġ

1. alternative form of -iġ