8.3.3. Special attributivizer strategies
Attributivizing strategy emplying the suffix i-. This suffix can attach to nouns and postpositional phrases.
| a | kert-i | /a | diófa | alatt-i | hintaszék |
| the | garden-ATTR | the | walnut-tree | under-ATTR | rocking.chair |
’the rocking chair in the garden / under the walnut-tree’
Source: Alberti & Farkas 2018: 779.
Attributivizing derivational strategy employs -j(ú)/-j(ű), when there is an inalienable possession relation between the head noun and the head of the modifier expression ('hair' in the example). The modifier always has to be complex, consisting of a noun and its modifier.
| a | vörös | haj-ú | nő, | hét-fej-ű | sárkány |
| the | red | hair-ATTR | woman | seven-head-ATTR | dragon |
’the redhaired woman, dragon with seven heads’
Source: Dékány 2021: 166. (examples slightly modified), second example provided by database editor (native speaker).
Attributivizing derivational strategy employs -os/-es/-ös, when there is an alienable possession relation between the head noun and the head of the modifier expression ('hat' in the example).
| a | (piros) | kalap-os | nő |
| the | red | hat-ATTR | woman |
’the woman with a (red) hat’
Source: Dékány 2021: 166. (examples slightly modified)
Adpositional phrases (including case-marked nouns) can also be used as prenominal modifiers, if they are embedded in a participial construction. With non-deverbal nouns the participle levő 'being' is used as a copula.
| a | kert-nél | levő | ház |
| the | garden-ADE | being | house |
’the house at the garden’
Source: Dékány & Hegedűs 2021: 44.
Adpositional phrases (including case-marked nouns) can also be used as prenominal modifiers, if they are embedded in a participial construction. With deverbal nouns the participle való 'being' is used as a copula.
| a | terem-ben | való | várakozás |
| the | room-INE | being | waiting |
’the waiting in tthe room’
Source: Dékány & Hegedűs 2021: 44.
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