-az

From -a- (linking vowel) + -z (verb-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ɒz]
• Rhymes: -ɒz

-az

1. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a verb.

   ‎alkalom (“occasion”) + ‎-az → ‎alkalmaz (“to apply”)

• (verb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -z is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -oz is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -az is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ez is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -öz is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -áz is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

Note: Certain words take another, synonymous suffix, -zik/-ozik/-azik/-ezik/-özik or -l/-ol/-al/-el/-öl/-ál.

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes