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-etlen
-etlen
See also: étlen
Hungarian
Suffix
-etlen (comparative -etlenebb, superlative leg- -etlenebb)
- (adjective suffix) -less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a noun or a verb to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something.
- fej (“head”) → fejetlen (“headless; confused”)
- ismer (“to know”) → ismeretlen (“unknown”)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -etlen | -etlenek |
| accusative | -etlent | -etleneket |
| dative | -etlennek | -etleneknek |
| instrumental | -etlennel | -etlenekkel |
| causal-final | -etlenért | -etlenekért |
| translative | -etlenné | -etlenekké |
| terminative | -etlenig | -etlenekig |
| essive-formal | -etlenként | -etlenekként |
| essive-modal | -etlenül | -etlenekül |
| inessive | -etlenben | -etlenekben |
| superessive | -etlenen | -etleneken |
| adessive | -etlennél | -etleneknél |
| illative | -etlenbe | -etlenekbe |
| sublative | -etlenre | -etlenekre |
| allative | -etlenhez | -etlenekhez |
| elative | -etlenből | -etlenekből |
| delative | -etlenről | -etlenekről |
| ablative | -etlentől | -etlenektől |
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_-etlen'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -etlen</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes