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== Hungarian == === Etymology === Probably a compound suffix from el (“past, over”) +‎ -en (adverb-forming suffix) meaning past a certain time, space or number. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lɛn] Rhymes: -ɛn === Suffix === -len (adverb-forming suffix, rare, archaic) Usually added to words ending in the terminative case suffix -ig (“until, till, up to”) and it means the inclusion of the mentioned boundary (not just up to the boundary). ‎pedig + ‎-len → ‎pediglen ‎eddig + ‎-len → ‎eddiglen ==== Usage notes ==== (adverb-forming suffix) Variants: -lan is added to back-vowel words -len is added to front-vowel words ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === -el, -elen, -lien === Etymology === From Old English -lian, from Proto-West Germanic *-lōn, from Proto-Germanic *-lōną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-(ə)lən/ === Suffix === -len A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating repetition or continuousness; -le. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: -le Scots: -le ==== References ==== “-el-, suf.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /læn/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len). Analyzable as -le (“noun-to-verb maker”) + -n (“reflexive mood”). ==== Suffix ==== -len Forms passive verb stems from nouns. ‎sinir (“anger”) + ‎-len → ‎sinirlenmek (“to get angry”) ‎endişe (“anxiety”) + ‎-len → ‎endişelenmek (“to get anxious”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From ilen, alternative form of ile. Cognate with Azerbaijani -nən, Gagauz -län. ==== Suffix ==== -len (colloquial, dialectal) alternative form of -le