-ocska

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From -o- (linking vowel) +‎ -cska (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ot͡ʃkɒ] === Suffix === -ocska (diminutive suffix) -let, -ette ==== Usage notes ==== (diminutive suffix) Variants: -cska is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. ‎falu (“village”) + ‎-cska → ‎falucska (“hamlet, a small village”) ‎Anna (“Ann”) + ‎-cska → ‎Annácska (“little Ann”) -cske is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-. ‎szellő (“breeze”) + ‎-cske → ‎szellőcske (“a tiny breeze”) ‎mese (“tale, fable”) + ‎-cske → ‎mesécske (“a small fable”) -ocska is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant ‎hullám (“wave”) + ‎-ocska → ‎hullámocska (“wavelet”) ‎szobor (“statue”) + ‎-ocska → ‎szobrocska (“statuette”) -acska is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant ‎nyúl (“rabbit”) + ‎-acska → ‎nyulacska (“bunny”) ‎piros (“red”) + ‎-acska → ‎pirosacska (“slightly red”) -ecske is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant ‎csepp (“drop”) + ‎-ecske → ‎cseppecske (“droplet”) ‎könyv (“book”) + ‎-ecske → ‎könyvecske (“little book, booklet”) -öcske is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant ‎kör (“circle”) + ‎-öcske → ‎köröcske (“circlet, a small circle”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Appendix:Hungarian suffixes