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-tel

-tel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tel"

Czech

Suffix

-tel

  1. Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does something, much like the English -or.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Czech_words_suffixed_with_-tel'>Czech words suffixed with -tel</a>

Related terms

  • -telka (feminine form)

See also

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛl]

Suffix

-tel

  1. (noun suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun.
    eszik ‎(“to eat”) → étel ‎(“food”)

Usage notes

  • (noun suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -tal is added to back vowel words
    -tel is added to front vowel words
    -atal same as -tal with a linking vowel
    -etel same as -tel with a linking vowel

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-tel'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -tel</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-teljь. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic -тєль ‎(-telĭ), Serbo-Croatian -telj and Russian -тель ‎(-telʹ).

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