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86 (b) -it, -úl, -űl, to adjectives; the former for transitive, and the latter for intransitive verbs; as—

(c) -oz, -öz, -ez, -áz, to postpositions; as—

(d) -etlen, -atlan, will negative a verb; as, varatlan, unsown; and the word becomes then an adjective.

These are the principal formatives, and all which is necessary to know, all other derivatives being found in the dictionaries.

Derivatives may also be formed by the putting together of words. But a distinction must then be made between compounds and derivatives. To the former belong all compounds retaining the primitive meaning of the respective words; as, for instance, vasajtó, an iron door (made of vas = iron, and ajtó = door).

To the derivatives belong compounds forming new ideas; e.g.,—


 * Szépanya, great-grandmother.

If written separately—szép anya—it would mean "a pretty mother."


 * Nagybátya, uncle; but nagy bátya means "a tall (elder) brother."