Appendix:Hungarian words with a fleeting final vowel

Words with a fleeting final vowel (Hungarian véghangzóhiányos névszótövek) lose their final vowels -ú, -ű in inflected forms. These words include both nouns and adjectives.

Fleeting word-final ú, ű

Word	Meaning	Notes
borjú	calf, veal	e.g. in borjak, borjadzik
fattyú	bastard	e.g. in fattyak
fiú	boy, son	its short stem is lexicalized on its own in forms like fia (“his/her son”)
gyapjú	wool	e.g. in gyapjas
hosszú	long	e.g. in hosszabb, hosszan, hosszas
ifjú	young (man)	e.g. in ifjabb, ifjak, ifjan
könnyű	easy, light [in weight]	e.g. in könnyebb, könnyen
lassú	slow	e.g. in lassabb, lassan
szörnyű	awful	szörnyen, szörnyet(hal)
varjú	crow	e.g. in varjak

Similar cases: fleeting word-final ó, a (or other vowels)

These words may incorporate a word-final single-vowel suffix (-a, -ó, -ő) that is not present before other derivations from the same root.

Word	Meaning	Notes
laza	lax, slack, relaxed	lazít, lazul
méltó	worthy	e.g. in méltat, méltán

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian words with an alternating final vowel