English

Alternative forms

• -d (now standard only after -e)
• -'d (chiefly poetry)
• -èd (chiefly poetry)

Suffix

-ed

1. Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.

   pointed (as in He pointed at the dog.)

Etymology 2

From Middle English -ed, from Old English -od ‎(class 2 weak past participle), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz.

Suffix

-ed

1. Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.

   pointed (as in He has pointed at the dog.)

Etymology 3

From Middle English -ed, from Old English -od ‎(adjective suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos. While identical in appearance to the past participle of class 2 weak verbs, this suffix was attached directly to nouns without any intervening verb. Compare also Latin -ātus.

Suffix

-ed

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.

   pointed (as in A needle has a pointed end. - the end of a needle has a point.)

   horned (as in a horned antelope - an antelope possessing horns)

2. As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality. See bahuvrihi.

   red-haired (having red hair)

   left-handed (having a left hand as more dexterous hand)

Antonyms

• -less

Translations

See also

• -t
• -ing

Breton

Etymology

Cognate to Cornish -es.

Suffix

-ed

1. Suffix denoting plural of certain nouns

   kazhez ‎(“female cat”) + ‎-ed → ‎kazhezed ‎(“female cats”)

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛd]

Etymology 1

-e- ‎(“linking vowel”) +‎ -d ‎(“possessive suffix”)

Suffix

-ed

1. (possessive suffix) your (second-person singular, single possession)

   kert ‎(“garden”) → a kerted ‎(“your (singular, informal) garden”)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -d is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -ad is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -od is added to some other back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ed is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -öd is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

Etymology 2

-e- ‎(“linking vowel”) +‎ -d ‎(“personal suffix”)

Suffix

-ed

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the second-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood, definite conjugation).

   fest ‎(“to paint”) → fested ‎(“you paint something, you are painting something”)

Usage notes

• (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.

Etymology 3

-e- ‎(“linking vowel”) +‎ -d ‎(“fraction and frequenative suffix”)

Suffix

-ed

1. (fraction suffix) Added to an cardinal number to form a fraction.

   ezer ‎(“thousand”) → ezred ‎(“thousandth”)

2. (frequenative suffix) Added to a stem to form a verb to indicate repetitive action. No longer productive.

   mond ‎(“to say”)

Usage notes

• (fraction suffix) Variants:

  -d is added to words ending in a vowel

  -ad is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -od is added to some other back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ed is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -öd is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

• (frequenative suffix) Variants:

  -ad is added to back vowel words

  -ed is added to front vowel words

Derived terms

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Ido

Etymology

From French -ée, Italian -ata, Spanish -ada, ultimately from Latin -atus.

Suffix

-ed

1. contents of, -ful.

   manuo ‎(“hand”) + ‎-ed → ‎manuedo ‎(“handful”)

Derived terms

Old English

Suffix

-ed

1. formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped like, having the qualities of

   æppel ‎(“apple”) + ‎-ed → ‎æppled ‎(“apple-shaped”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛd]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *-hed, from Proto-Celtic *-isetos.

Suffix

-ed

1. Forms an equative of an adjective of one or two syllables.

Usage notes

Causes final b, d and g to become p, t and c, respectively. For instance, teg becomes teced.

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ed

1. Used to form the ordinal forms of five and six.

Coordinate terms

• -fed
• -ydd
• -edd

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ed

1. Used to form verbal nouns.

Derived terms