-dad

== Hungarian == === Etymology === First attested in 1283. From the repeated -d (diminutive suffix). Originally, it was a diminutive suffix (cf. kisded). Today it is used to express similarity just like the suffixes -féle and -szerű. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [dɒd] Rhymes: -ɒd Hyphenation: -dad === Suffix === -dad (adjective-forming suffix) similar to, sort of, -like, resembling, in the nature of; added to a word to form an adjective ‎tojás (“egg”) + ‎-dad → ‎tojásdad (“egg-shaped”) ==== Usage notes ==== (adjective-forming suffix) Variants: -dad is added to back-vowel words -ded is added to front-vowel words ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Appendix:Hungarian suffixes === References === == Spanish == === Alternative forms === -idad, -edad === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish -dat, from Latin -tātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdad/ [ˈd̪að̞] Rhymes: -ad Syllabification: -dad === Suffix === -dad f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dades) forms nouns representing the property corresponding to an adjective; -ity ==== Usage notes ==== The bare form -dad only comes after the letters l or n. Adjectives ending in -io and two syllable adjectives take the form -edad. Adjectives ending in -ble take the form -bilidad. Adjectives with three or more syllables take the -idad form. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “-dad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025