alkalom
Hungarian
Etymology
From the obsolete alk (“conformity, adaptation, adjustment to something”) + -alom.[1] The original stem is probably related to Hungarian alkot (“to create”) and alku (“deal”), and it may also be related to Hungarian olt (“to vaccinate”), which may derive from Proto-Uralic *alɜ- (“to add/fasten to something, fit”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
alkalom (plural alkalmak)
- occasion, opportunity, chance
- occasion (the time when something happens)
- Synonym: esemény
- time, instance, occurrence
- event, meeting, session (of a group or community)
- Synonyms: találkozó, ülés, összejövetel
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alkalom | alkalmak |
| accusative | alkalmat | alkalmakat |
| dative | alkalomnak | alkalmaknak |
| instrumental | alkalommal | alkalmakkal |
| causal-final | alkalomért | alkalmakért |
| translative | alkalommá | alkalmakká |
| terminative | alkalomig | alkalmakig |
| essive-formal | alkalomként | alkalmakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alkalomban | alkalmakban |
| superessive | alkalmon | alkalmakon |
| adessive | alkalomnál | alkalmaknál |
| illative | alkalomba | alkalmakba |
| sublative | alkalomra | alkalmakra |
| allative | alkalomhoz | alkalmakhoz |
| elative | alkalomból | alkalmakból |
| delative | alkalomról | alkalmakról |
| ablative | alkalomtól | alkalmaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
alkalomé | alkalmaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
alkaloméi | alkalmakéi |
| Possessive forms of alkalom | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | alkalmam | alkalmaim |
| 2nd person sing. | alkalmad | alkalmaid |
| 3rd person sing. | alkalma | alkalmai |
| 1st person plural | alkalmunk | alkalmaink |
| 2nd person plural | alkalmatok | alkalmaitok |
| 3rd person plural | alkalmuk | alkalmaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
References
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
- ^ Entry #1721 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading
- alkalom 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
- alkalom in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).