-ias

-ias (front vowel harmony variant -iäs)

1. Forms adjectives and sometimes nouns, often from verbs describing doing such an action often.

• -lias
• -elias

• -isa, ais, sai

-i (“adjective-forming suffix”) + -as (“adjective-forming suffix”)

• IPA^(key): [iʲɒʃ]

-ias

1. (adjective-forming suffix) reminding of, appropriate to, characteristic of. Added to a noun to form an adjective.

   város (“city, town”) → városias (“urban, reminding of/appropriate to a city or town”)

• (adjective-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -ias is added to back vowel words

  -ies is added to front vowel words

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

-iās

1. accusative feminine plural of -ius

• -jas (after vowels)
• -ỹs (under stress)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ios; which also gave Latvian -̧s, -̧š – compare žálias : zaļš (“green”); tùsčias : tukšs (“empty”). Also related is the Proto-Slavic masculine *-ь. Ultimately, a thematised variant of i-stems (see -is), either of Proto-Indo-European age (cf. *-yós), or of more recent formation. Under stress, *-iós gave Lithuanian -ỹs; see for more.

IPA^(key): /-ʲɐs/

-ias

1. Masculine nominative singular ending for i̯o-stem nouns and adjectives.

   (nouns) élnias, kélias, mẽdžias, svẽčias, vélnias

   (adjectives): bẽrgždžias, kùrčias, pė́ščias, šviẽžias, trẽčias, tùsčias, žálias

(nouns):

• -ius