-z
See also: Appendix:Variations of "z"
English
Etymology 1
Eye dialect spelling variant of -s.
Suffix
-z
- (urban slang, lolspeak) Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/.
- Boyz are always trouble.
- Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs (Gen 1:1, LOLcat Bible)
- (urban slang) Used as a substitute for -s in marking verb inflections.
- He lovez me.
Suffix
-z
Usage notes
- Applied to words whose first syllable ends in /-ɹ/, with the suffix replacing the /ɹ/ and the rest of the word.
References
- John Silverlight (1987) More Words, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 53: “Examples are 'Kaz', 'Shaz', 'Baz' and Waz' for Karen, Sharon, Barry, and Warwick, and the latest, 'soz' for sorry.”
Basque
Alternative forms
- -ez (after consonants)
Etymology
Unknown.[1]
Declension
| Basque inflectional suffixes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | ||
| absolutive | -∅ | -a | -ak | -ok | |
| ergative | -k, -ek | -ak | -ek | ||
| dative | -ri, -i | -ari | -ei | -oi | |
| genitive | -ren, -en | -aren | -en | -on | |
| comitative | -rekin, -ekin | -arekin | -ekin | -okin | |
| causative | -rengatik, -engatik | -arengatik | -engatik | -ongatik | |
| benefactive | -rentzat, -entzat | -arentzat | -entzat | -ontzat | |
| instrumental | -z, -ez | -az | -ez | -oz | |
| inessive | anim. | -rengan, -engan | -arengan | -engan | -oengan |
| inanim. | -tan, -etan | -an | -etan | -otan | |
| locative | anim. | ― |
― |
― |
― |
| inanim. | -tako, -etako | -ko, -eko | -etako | -otako | |
| allative | anim. | -rengana, -engana | -arengana | -engana | -ongana |
| inanim. | -tara, -etara | -ra, -era | -etara | -otara | |
| terminative | anim. | -renganaino, -enganaino | -arenganaino | -enganaino | -onganaino |
| inanim. | -taraino, -etaraino | -raino, -eraino | -etaraino | -otaraino | |
| directive | anim. | -renganantz, -enganantz | -arenganantz | -enganantz | -onganantz |
| inanim. | -tarantz, -etarantz | -rantz, -erantz | -etarantz | -otarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | -renganako, -enganako | -arenganako | -enganako | -onganako |
| inanim. | -tarako, -etarako | -rako, -erako | -etarako | -otarako | |
| ablative | anim. | -rengandik, -engandik | -arengandik | -engandik | -ongandik |
| inanim. | -tatik, -etatik | -tik, -etik | -etik | -otik | |
| partitive | -rik, -ik | ― |
― |
― | |
| prolative | -tzat | ― |
― |
― | |
| The forms shown first are used when the ending is a vowel, the ones after the comma when it is a consonant. | |||||
Derived terms
Basque terms suffixed with -z
References
- “-z” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *-ta-. The preceding vowel, if any, is from the original stem of the root word.
Suffix
-z
Usage notes
- (verb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -z is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -oz is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -az is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ez is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öz is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -áz is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
Note: Certain words take another, synonymous suffix, -zik/-ozik/-azik/-ezik/-özik or -l/-ol/-al/-el/-öl/-ál.
Derived terms
Hungarian verbs suffixed with -z
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Old French
Suffix
-z
- Replaces -ts at the end of a word.
- c. 1100s, Marie de France, “Equitan”:
- Femme espuse ot li seneschals,
- Dunt puis vient el païs granz mal[s]
- c. 1100s, Marie de France, “Equitan”:
Swahili
Usage notes
In Kenya, (-z) can be applied to nouns and verbs. In Tanzania, (-z) is usually only applied to nouns, like mtotoz.
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