-le

后缀
中文释义

英文释义

后缀
  1. A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating repetition or continuousness morpheme
    — assle, buzzle, crackle, cuddle, dazzle, draggle, drawl, dribble, drizzle, fumble, gamble, grapple, handle, jostle, kissle, maddle, mingle, nestle, nuzzle, prattle, quibble, ramble, rattle, ripple, scribble, sile, sizzle, sniffle, snuggle, startle, stopple, suckle, tattle, tickle, topple, waggle, whemmle, wiggle, wrestle
  2. Forming adjectives from verbs with the meaning of "prone to", "tending to", "apt to", "capable of"; compare -ative morpheme
    — battle, breakle, brittle, fickle, forgettle, little, newfangle, nimble, wankle
  3. Forming diminutives from other nouns. morpheme
    — dump + -le → dimple
  4. Forming agent nouns from verbs morpheme
    — beadle, beetle, bridle, bundle, cripple, fettle, girdle, ladle, losel, runnel, shovel, spindle, spittle, steeple, stile, stopple, thimble, tool, towel, trundle

词形变化

-el alternative -el alternative -el alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
dottle piffle Terms unsorted by etymology:

词源

词源 1
From Middle English -len, -elen, from Old English -lian (frequentative verbal suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-lōn, from Proto-Germanic *-lōną (frequentative verbal suffix).
Cognate with West Frisian -elje, Dutch -elen, German -eln, Danish -le, Norwegian Bokmål -le, Norwegian Nynorsk -la, Swedish -la, Icelandic -la. Compare -er.
词源 2
From Middle English -el, -le (adjectival), from Old English -el, -ol, from Proto-Germanic *-ulaz and *-ilaz (adjective suffixes). Cognate with West Frisian -el, Dutch -el, Low German -el, German -el, Icelandic -ill.
词源 3
From Middle English -el (agent suffix), from a combination of two suffixes:
* Old English -el, -il (diminutive suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (diminutive suffix).
* Old English -el, -ol, -ul (agent suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent suffix). Cognate with West Frisian -el, Dutch -el, Low German -el, German -el.
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