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-el

/el/

suffix -ei · -ea · -ele · -el · -elul

masculine, morpheme used to form a masculine diminutive of a word (e.g. băiat (“boy”) + -el → băiețel (“little boy”)
Similar: -uș, -aș, -uț, -șor

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-y forming diminutive nouns
-ling Diminutive

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"-el." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/-el. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-el. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-el

Chicago

"-el." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-el.

BibTeX

@misc{el_2026,
  title = {-el},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-el},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}