Hungarian

Suffix

-ális

1. Added to foreign words to create an adjective or a noun.

   zseniális ‎(“genial, marked by genius”)

   speciális ‎(“special”)

   kulturális ‎(“cultural”)

   admirális ‎(“admiral”)

Usage notes

According to Attila Mártonfi, -ális is one of the "32 typical, distinguishable foreign word endings, which is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix".^[1]

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

1. ↑ Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006