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Etymology
From, from , from , ultimately from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * The suffix has secondary stress when it follows an unstressed syllable and often also when it precedes one. When it is entirely unstressed, the may be unpronounced in common speech.
 * The suffix has secondary stress when it follows an unstressed syllable and often also when it precedes one. When it is entirely unstressed, the may be unpronounced in common speech.

Usage notes

 * While is the normal form of this suffix, it becomes  after certain adjectival suffixes. These are, , , , . For example:.
 * Adjectives ending in unstressed usually take  as well:, . However, there are a handful of exceptions, e.g. ,.
 * Sometimes is added to the adjective and the suffix thus becomes . This is the general rule with adjectives in  and : . There is also a fairly large number of other adjectives that follow this pattern: . Two forms may exist for some adjectives, occasionally with a semantic distinction, e.g.  versus.

Etymology
From, a borrow from. Compare with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.