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-talan
-talan
Hungarian
Suffix
-talan (comparative -talanabb, superlative leg- -talanabb)
- (adjective suffix) -less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a noun or an adjective to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something.
- hajlék (“home”) → hajléktalan (“homeless”)
- boldog (“happy”) → boldogtalan (“unhappy”)
- arány (“proportion”) → aránytalan (“disproportionate”)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -talan | -talanok |
| accusative | -talant | -talanokat |
| dative | -talannak | -talanoknak |
| instrumental | -talannal | -talanokkal |
| causal-final | -talanért | -talanokért |
| translative | -talanná | -talanokká |
| terminative | -talanig | -talanokig |
| essive-formal | -talanként | -talanokként |
| essive-modal | -talanul | -talanokul |
| inessive | -talanban | -talanokban |
| superessive | -talanon | -talanokon |
| adessive | -talannál | -talanoknál |
| illative | -talanba | -talanokba |
| sublative | -talanra | -talanokra |
| allative | -talanhoz | -talanokhoz |
| elative | -talanból | -talanokból |
| delative | -talanról | -talanokról |
| ablative | -talantól | -talanoktól |
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_-talan'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -talan</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes