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-as

[-as]

suffix

LanguageCornish

Meaning
  1. Forms masculine nouns denoting capacity; -ful
  2. Forms masculine nouns denoting the result of an action
  3. A suffix added to a noun to indicate a container's capacity or the result of an action.
Examples

Hanaf (“cup”) + -as → hanafas (“cupful”)

Cup + -ful results in cupful.

Pronunciation-as

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteThis suffix creates masculine nouns.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.