grádus

See also: Gradus and gradus

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin gradus (“a step, pace, a step in a ladder or stair, a station, position, degree”), from gradi (“to walk, step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡraːduʃ]
• Hyphenation: grá‧dus
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

grádus (plural grádusok)

1. (archaic) rank (a hierarchical level in an organization)

   Synonyms: fokozat, rang

2. (archaic) degree, grade (of elevation) (a unit of measurement)
3. (archaic, grammar) degree (such as comparative, superlative, etc. in Latin grammar)

   Synonym: fok

4. (archaic, music) scale

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	grádus	grádusok
accusative	grádust	grádusokat
dative	grádusnak	grádusoknak
instrumental	grádussal	grádusokkal
causal-final	grádusért	grádusokért
translative	grádussá	grádusokká
terminative	grádusig	grádusokig
essive-formal	grádusként	grádusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	grádusban	grádusokban
superessive	gráduson	grádusokon
adessive	grádusnál	grádusoknál
illative	grádusba	grádusokba
sublative	grádusra	grádusokra
allative	grádushoz	grádusokhoz
elative	grádusból	grádusokból
delative	grádusról	grádusokról
ablative	grádustól	grádusoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	grádusé	grádusoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gráduséi	grádusokéi

Possessive forms of grádus
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	grádusom	grádusaim
2nd person sing.	grádusod	grádusaid
3rd person sing.	grádusa	grádusai
1st person plural	grádusunk	grádusaink
2nd person plural	grádusotok	grádusaitok
3rd person plural	grádusuk	grádusaik

Further reading

• grádus in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN