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-telen
-telen
Hungarian
Suffix
-telen (comparative -telenebb, superlative leg- -telenebb)
- (adjective suffix) -less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a noun or an adjective to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -telen | -telenek |
| accusative | -telent | -teleneket |
| dative | -telennek | -teleneknek |
| instrumental | -telennel | -telenekkel |
| causal-final | -telenért | -telenekért |
| translative | -telenné | -telenekké |
| terminative | -telenig | -telenekig |
| essive-formal | -telenként | -telenekként |
| essive-modal | -telenül | -telenekül |
| inessive | -telenben | -telenekben |
| superessive | -telenen | -teleneken |
| adessive | -telennél | -teleneknél |
| illative | -telenbe | -telenekbe |
| sublative | -telenre | -telenekre |
| allative | -telenhez | -telenekhez |
| elative | -telenből | -telenekből |
| delative | -telenről | -telenekről |
| ablative | -telentől | -telenektől |
Usage notes
- (adjective suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -talan is added to back vowel words
- -telen is added to front vowel words
- -tlan is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -tlen is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -atlan is added to back vowel words
- -etlen is added to front vowel words
- Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_adjectives_suffixed_with_-telen'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -telen</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6