"-ste" meaning in Afrikaans

See -ste in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Dutch -st. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|af|nl|-st|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dutch -st, {{inh+|af|nl|-st}} Inherited from Dutch -st Head templates: {{head|af|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ste
  1. -st; Appended to an adjective to form the superlative. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ste-af-suffix-LCPblzJN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Dutch -ste. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|af|nl|-ste|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dutch -ste, {{inh+|af|nl|-ste}} Inherited from Dutch -ste Head templates: {{head|af|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes}} -ste
  1. -st, -th, -nd; Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers. Tags: morpheme Coordinate_terms: -de
    Sense id: en--ste-af-suffix-rllOgHgd Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -ste meaning in Afrikaans (2.3kB)

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