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-tlan
-tlan
Hungarian
Suffix
-tlan (comparative -tlanabb, superlative leg- -tlanabb)
- (adjective suffix) -less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a noun or an adjective to form an adjective with a meaning of lacking something.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -tlan | -tlanok |
| accusative | -tlant | -tlanokat |
| dative | -tlannak | -tlanoknak |
| instrumental | -tlannal | -tlanokkal |
| causal-final | -tlanért | -tlanokért |
| translative | -tlanná | -tlanokká |
| terminative | -tlanig | -tlanokig |
| essive-formal | -tlanként | -tlanokként |
| essive-modal | -tlanul | -tlanokul |
| inessive | -tlanban | -tlanokban |
| superessive | -tlanon | -tlanokon |
| adessive | -tlannál | -tlanoknál |
| illative | -tlanba | -tlanokba |
| sublative | -tlanra | -tlanokra |
| allative | -tlanhoz | -tlanokhoz |
| elative | -tlanból | -tlanokból |
| delative | -tlanról | -tlanokról |
| ablative | -tlantól | -tlanoktól |
Usage notes
- (adjective suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -talan is added to back vowel words
- -telen is added to front vowel words
- -tlan is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -tlen is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -atlan is added to back vowel words
- -etlen is added to front vowel words
- Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_adjectives_suffixed_with_-tlan'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -tlan</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes