-ஆக

Tamil

Etymology

From the infinitive of ஆகு (āku, “to become”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːɡɐ/

Suffix

-ஆக • (-āka)

Forms adverbs from nouns
Synonym: -ஆய் (-āy)

‎சீக்கிரம் (cīkkiram, “speed, quickness”) + ‎-ஆக (-āka) → ‎சீக்கிரமாக (cīkkiramāka, “quickly”)
for, for the sake of, for the purpose of

Particle

-ஆக • (-āka)

either...or
joined with a finite verb to indicate indirect speech

Related terms

-ஆன (-āṉa)
ஆகு (āku)
ஆ (ā)

References

Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022), “-ஆக”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]

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