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Words with a fleeting final vowel (Hungarian véghangzóhiányos névszótövek) lose their final vowels -ú, -ű in inflected forms. These words include both nouns and adjectives.
Fleeting word-final ú, ű
| Word |
Meaning |
Notes
|
| borjú |
calf, veal |
e.g. in borjak, borjadzik
|
| fattyú |
bastard |
e.g. in fattyak
|
| fiú |
boy, son |
its short stem is lexicalized on its own in forms like fia (“his/her son”)
|
| gyapjú |
wool |
e.g. in gyapjas
|
| hosszú |
long |
e.g. in hosszabb, hosszan, hosszas
|
| ifjú |
young (man) |
e.g. in ifjabb, ifjak, ifjan
|
| könnyű |
easy,
light |
e.g. in könnyebb, könnyen
|
| lassú |
slow |
e.g. in lassabb, lassan
|
| szörnyű |
awful |
szörnyen, szörnyet(hal)
|
| varjú |
crow |
e.g. in varjak
|
Similar cases: fleeting word-final ó, a (or other vowels)
These words may incorporate a word-final single-vowel suffix (-a, -ó, -ő) that is not present before other derivations from the same root.
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