Template:hu-noun/documentation

This template provides the inflection line of a Hungarian singular noun. It is placed immediately below the ===Noun=== header to show the inflection line, the singular and plural forms of a nominative noun.

Unnamed parameters

|1=

plural suffix, values can be:

k/ak/ok/ek/ök if the noun has a plural form

- (a hyphen) will display uncountable (or usually uncountable when followed by a plural form)

~ (a tilde) will display countable and uncountable, plural xx where xx is the full plural form

no parameters: will display the lemma itself

Named parameters

|pl=

provide the full plural form for nouns with non-standard plural

|1=, |alt=

provide the regular and alternative plural for nouns with two plural forms

|nopalindromecat=1

disable adding to Category:Hungarian palindromes, for terms like gazság that look like palindromes but aren't

Regular nouns

For regular nouns, this template takes one parameter. The template calls the PAGENAME for the singular form and uses this as the base for the plural form.

Examples:

• For asztalterítő (“tablecloth”) (adds -k to form plural):

  {{hu-noun|k}}

  • asztalterítő (plural asztalterítők)

• For hónap (“month”) (adds -ok to form plural):

  {{hu-noun|ok}}

  • hónap (plural hónapok)

• For nyelv (“tongue, language”) (adds -ek to form plural):

  {{hu-noun|ek}}

  • nyelv (plural nyelvek)

• For tök (“pumpkin, squash”) (adds -ök to form plural):

  {{hu-noun|ök}}

  • tök (plural tökök)

In cases where there is a vowel shift in the suffix, the shifted suffix is simply used.

Examples:

• For hal (“fish”) (adds -ak to form plural, even though -ok is expected):

  {{hu-noun|ak}}

  • hal (plural halak)

• For szög (“nail”) (adds -ek to form plural, even though -ök is expected):

  {{hu-noun|ek}}

  • szög (plural szögek)

Irregular nouns

For irregular nouns, where the stem drops a vowel to form the plural, the plural form must be given in full using the pl= option.

Examples:

• For álom (“dream”) (stem shortens to álm- by dropping the final vowel):

  {{hu-noun|pl=álmok}}

  • álom (plural álmok)

• For ló (“horse”) (the vowel shortens to lo and vak is added):

  {{hu-noun|pl=lovak}}

  • ló (plural lovak)

Nouns with two plural forms

Some nouns have two plurals: with and without stem change. In these cases the second plural is provided by |alt= and then the second plural (short for alternative). Such nouns are collected in Category:Hungarian nouns with multiple plural forms.

Example:

• For varjú (“crow”):

  {{hu-noun|k|alt=varjak}}

  • varjú (plural varjúk or varjak)

and for the other order of appearance:

{{hu-noun|pl=varjak|alt=varjúk}}

• varjú (plural varjak or varjúk)

Nouns lacking a plural form

For nouns without plural forms, use |1=-.

Example:

• For angol (“the English language”):

  {{hu-noun|-}}

  • angol (uncountable)

Nouns not usually having a plural form

If a plural form is still supplied as a second parameter (either unnamed or named pl or plural or alt), then the description will be usually uncountable, plural followed by the plural form based on the second parameter.

Example:

• For gallium (normally uncountable as ‘the metal gallium’; but occasionally also countable as ‘a piece of this metal’):

  {{hu-noun|-|ok}}

  • gallium (usually uncountable, plural galliumok)

Nouns which are both countable and uncountable

Some nouns have no plural for one sense, but do have one for another sense. For these, use 1=~ and use the second parameter to give the plural ending, or the pl= parameter if it is irregular.

Example:

• For portugál (“the Portuguese language, a Portuguese person”):

  {{hu-noun|~|ok}}

  • portugál (countable and uncountable, plural portugálok)