-talan
Hungarian
Pronunciation
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”)
Usage notes
- (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
- -talan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -telen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -tlan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -tlen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -atlan is added to back-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -etlen is added to front-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
-talané | -talanoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
-talanéi | -talanokéi |