-ső

See also: Appendix:Variations of "so"

Hungarian

Etymology

From -s (adjective-forming suffix) +‎ -ő (adjective-forming suffix). The parts cohered in the Ancient Hungarian period.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃøː]

Suffix

-ső

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun or a stem to form an adjective.
    első (“first”)
    ‎vég (“end”) + ‎-ső → ‎végső (“final”)
    ‎mell (“chest”) + ‎-ső → ‎mellső (“front, for limbs”)

Usage notes
  • (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
    -só is added to back-vowel words
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  • The superlative form of the produced adjective is leg-…-ső. The usual -bb suffix is added only in exceptional cases:
    első - elsőbb - legelső - legeslegelső

Derived terms
Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ső

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. -ső in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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