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II. Adjectives are formed by adding:—
(a) -as, -os, -es, -ös, to substantives; as—
| hely, place; | helyes, proper (i.e. in the right place). | |
| ágy, bed; | ágyas, furnished with beds. | |
| arany, gold; | aranyos, golden, or covered with gold. |
(b) -talan or -telen are the negatives of the foregoing; as—
| helytelen, improper. |
| ágytalan, without beds. |
| aranytalan, without gold. |
(c) -i, mostly used after names of places. It denotes "pertaining to," or may be rendered in English by "of"; as—
Budapesti, of Budapest, or pertaining to Budapest.
házi, domestic.
(d) Diminutives are derived by adding -s, to adjectives ending with a vowel; or -es, -ás, -os to those ending in a consonant; as—
| sárga, yellow; | sárgás, yellowish. |
| öreg, old; | öreges, elderly. |
III. Verbs are formed by adding:—
(a) -al, -ol, -el, or -oz, -ez, to substantives, which become then active verbs; as—
házal(ni),[1] to peddle. vasal(ni), to iron.
ablakoz(ni), to furnish with windows.
- ↑ The ending -ni belongs to the class of suffixes, and not to the formatives.
