kevés

See also: ķēves and ķēvēs

Hungarian

Etymology

Possibly derived from Proto-Uralic *kepä (light (weight)); compare with Estonian kebja (easy, quick), Finnish kepeä (light (weight), easy, quick), and Northern Saami geahpas (light).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛveːʃ]
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  • Hyphenation: ke‧vés

Adjective

kevés (comparative kevesebb, superlative legkevesebb)

  1. few (not as many as usual or as expected)
  2. a little (for uncountable nouns)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kevés kevesek
accusative keveset keveseket
dative kevésnek keveseknek
instrumental kevéssel kevesekkel
causal-final kevésért kevesekért
translative kevéssé kevesekké
terminative kevésig kevesekig
essive-formal kevésként kevesekként
essive-modal
inessive kevésben kevesekben
superessive kevesen keveseken
adessive kevésnél keveseknél
illative kevésbe kevesekbe
sublative kevésre kevesekre
allative kevéshez kevesekhez
elative kevésből kevesekből
delative kevésről kevesekről
ablative kevéstől kevesektől

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