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Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *roγ- (“nearness”) or Proto-Ugric *raŋɜ (“surface”) + -l (archaic ablative case suffix) formed the suffixed nominal *roγol. This turned into a postposition during the ancient Hungarian era. The γ inside the word was dropped and the shortened ról lost its independent role and became a case suffix. Its harmonic variant -ről appeared in the early Old Hungarian era.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ról/-ről (delative case suffix)
- (of place) from
- Magyarországról kaptam egy levelet. ― I received a letter from Hungary.
- Leesett a lóról. ― He/she fell from the horse.
- (of place) off
- Levettem a poharat az asztalról. ― I took the glass off the table.
- Leszálltak a vonatról. ― They got off the train.
- (of time) from
- napról napra ― from day to day
- of, about, on
- Sokszor beszél a családjáról. ― He often talks about his family.
Usage notes
- (delative case suffix) Variants:
- -ról is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
- fa (“tree”) → A gesztenye lehullott a fáról. ― The chestnuts had fallen off the tree.
- -ről is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
- zene (“music”) → A zenéről beszélgettünk. ― We were talking about music.
Hungarian case suffixes
Case
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Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú
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Front vowel
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unrounded e, é, i, í
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rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
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nominative
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—
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accusative
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-t
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-ot / -at
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-et
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-öt
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dative
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-nak
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-nek
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instrumental
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-val
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-vel
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causal-final
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-ért
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translative
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-vá
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-vé
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terminative
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-ig
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essive-formal
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-ként
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essive-modal
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-ul
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-ül
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inessive
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-ban
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-ben
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superessive
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-n
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-on
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-en
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-ön
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adessive
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-nál
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-nél
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illative
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-ba
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-be
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sublative
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-ra
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-re
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allative
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-hoz
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-hez
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-höz
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elative
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-ból
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-ből
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delative
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-ról
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-ről
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ablative
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-tól
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-től
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Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként
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