Jump to content

-od

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

    From (sp)od(osol).

    Suffix

    [edit]

    -od

    1. (soil science) Forms names of subtypes of spodosol in the USDA Soil Taxonomy.

    Derived terms

    [edit]

    Coordinate terms

    [edit]

    Hungarian

    [edit]

    Pronunciation

    [edit]

    Etymology 1

    [edit]

    From -o- (linking vowel) +‎ -d (possessive suffix).

    Suffix

    [edit]

    -od

    1. (possessive suffix) your (second-person singular informal, single possession)
      ‎kor (“age”) + ‎-od → ‎korod (“your age”)
    Usage notes
    [edit]
    • (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 the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
      -ed is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
      -öd is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

    Etymology 2

    [edit]

    From -o- (linking vowel) +‎ -d (personal suffix).

    Suffix

    [edit]

    -od

    1. (personal suffix) Forms the definite second-person singular indicative present of verbs.
      ‎olvas (“to read”) + ‎-od → ‎olvasod (“you read something, you are reading something”)
    Usage notes
    [edit]
    • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.

    Etymology 3

    [edit]

    Suffix

    [edit]

    -od

    1. (fraction-forming suffix) Added to a cardinal number to form a fraction. Variants: -d, -ad, -ed, -öd.
      ‎hat (“six”) + ‎-od → ‎hatod (“[one] sixth”)
    Derived terms
    [edit]

    See also

    [edit]

    Latin

    [edit]

    Suffix

    [edit]

    -ōd

    1. ablative singular of -os (Archaic Latin second-declension ending)
      ‎fīleos + ‎-ōd → ‎fīleōd
      ‎iovestos + ‎-ōd → ‎iovestōd

    Old English

    [edit]

    Alternative forms

    [edit]

    Etymology

    [edit]

      From a merger of Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz (adjective suffix) (from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos) and Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz (class II weak past participle).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Suffix

      [edit]

      -od (participle inflectional suffix)

      1. -ed; forms the past participle of class II weak verbs
        ‎lufian (“to love”) + ‎-od → ‎lufod (“loved”)
        ‎ġeānian (“to unite”) + ‎-od → ‎ġeānod (“united”)

      Suffix

      [edit]

      -od (adjective-forming suffix)

      1. -ed; forms adjectives from nouns and class II weak past participles, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
        ‎hēafod (“head”) + ‎-od → ‎ġehēafdod (“headed; having a head”)

      Declension

      [edit]

      Derived terms

      [edit]

      See also

      [edit]

      Volapük

      [edit]

      Suffix

      [edit]

      -od

      1. Used to indicate a softer or less serious example

      Derived terms

      [edit]

      Welsh

      [edit]

      Pronunciation

      [edit]

      Etymology 1

      [edit]

      Suffix

      [edit]

      -od (noun inflectional suffix)

      1. marks the plural of nouns; -s
        Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys
        ‎buwch (“cow”) + ‎-od → ‎buchod (“cows”)
        ‎cath (“cat”) + ‎-od → ‎cathod (“cats”)
        ‎eliffant (“elephant”) + ‎-od → ‎eliffantod (“elephants”)
        ‎menyw (“woman”) + ‎-od → ‎menywod (“women”)
        ‎Gwyddel (“Irish man”) + ‎-od → ‎Gwyddelod (“Irish people”)
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      This suffix is used in forming the plural of many animals.

      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      Suffix

      [edit]

      -od m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -odau or -odiau or -odion)

      1. blow, stroke
        ‎dwrn (“fist”) + ‎-od → ‎dyrnod (“punch, thump”)
        ‎cleddyf (“sword”) + ‎-od → ‎cleddyfod (“sword stroke, gash”)
        ‎ffon (“stick”) + ‎-od → ‎ffonnod (“stroke with a stick, stripe”)
      Usage notes
      [edit]

      Unusually, this suffix has no fixed gender but instead takes on the gender of the root word it modifies.

      Etymology 3

      [edit]

      Alternative forms

      [edit]

      Suffix

      [edit]

      -od m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -odau)

      1. forms abstract nouns from adjectives and verbs
        ‎rhyfedd (“strange, wondrous”) + ‎-od → ‎rhyfeddod (“wonder”)
        ‎addef (“to confess”) + ‎-od → ‎addefod (“confession, acknowledgment”)
      Derived terms
      [edit]