idomtalan
Hungarian
Etymology
From an otherwise unattested stem + -talan (“-less, without; adjective-forming suffix”)[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈidomtɒlɒn]
- Hyphenation: idom‧ta‧lan
Adjective
idomtalan (comparative idomtalanabb, superlative legidomtalanabb)
- (literary) ungainly (strikingly large and clumsy)
- Synonyms: formátlan, ormótlan
- 1881, Mikszáth Kálmán, Tót atyafiak:
- Matyej behunyta szemeit, s egyet bólintott, nagy, idomtalan fejével, hogy ő nem aljas.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (archaic) shapeless, malformed, misshapen (having a bad or ugly form)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | idomtalan | idomtalanok |
| accusative | idomtalant | idomtalanokat |
| dative | idomtalannak | idomtalanoknak |
| instrumental | idomtalannal | idomtalanokkal |
| causal-final | idomtalanért | idomtalanokért |
| translative | idomtalanná | idomtalanokká |
| terminative | idomtalanig | idomtalanokig |
| essive-formal | idomtalanként | idomtalanokként |
| essive-modal | idomtalanul | — |
| inessive | idomtalanban | idomtalanokban |
| superessive | idomtalanon | idomtalanokon |
| adessive | idomtalannál | idomtalanoknál |
| illative | idomtalanba | idomtalanokba |
| sublative | idomtalanra | idomtalanokra |
| allative | idomtalanhoz | idomtalanokhoz |
| elative | idomtalanból | idomtalanokból |
| delative | idomtalanról | idomtalanokról |
| ablative | idomtalantól | idomtalanoktól |
Derived terms
- idom
- idomtalanság
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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