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-atlan
-atlan
Hungarian
Suffix
-atlan (comparative -atlanabb, superlative leg- -atlanabb)
- (adjective suffix) -less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a word to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something.
- fog (“tooth”) → fogatlan (“toothless”)
- tanul (“to study”) → tanulatlan (“uneducated”)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -atlan | -atlanok |
| accusative | -atlant | -atlanokat |
| dative | -atlannak | -atlanoknak |
| instrumental | -atlannal | -atlanokkal |
| causal-final | -atlanért | -atlanokért |
| translative | -atlanná | -atlanokká |
| terminative | -atlanig | -atlanokig |
| essive-formal | -atlanként | -atlanokként |
| essive-modal | -atlanul | -atlanokul |
| inessive | -atlanban | -atlanokban |
| superessive | -atlanon | -atlanokon |
| adessive | -atlannál | -atlanoknál |
| illative | -atlanba | -atlanokba |
| sublative | -atlanra | -atlanokra |
| allative | -atlanhoz | -atlanokhoz |
| elative | -atlanból | -atlanokból |
| delative | -atlanról | -atlanokról |
| ablative | -atlantól | -atlanoktól |
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_-atlan'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -atlan</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes