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by niftich 2402 days ago
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szolga = servant

+ l = verb-forming suffix [1]

+ tat = causative suffix [2]

+ ás = gerund-forming suffix, makes a verbal noun from a verb [3]

+ ai = marker for plural possession [4]

+ ért = causal-final suffix, denotes the reason for the action [5]

These suffixes are morphemes you can (with some simple rules) just add to words to achieve the corresponding change in meaning. In CS terms, they're functions that take the input word and make a new one. Each one of the above, used somewhere else:

winter -> to spend the winter: tél + l -> telel

to read -> to make them read: olvas + tat -> olvastat

to read -> the reading: olvas + ás -> olvasás

house -> his houses: ház + ai -> házai

house -> because of, affecting the house: ház + ért -> házért

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-l#Hungarian [2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-tat#Hungarian [3] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-%C3%A1s#Hungarian [4] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ai#Hungarian [5] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-%C3%A9rt