Zala
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The location of Zala county on the map of Hungary.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zala
- a male given name
- An administrative county in southwestern Hungary.
- A river in southwestern Hungary.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Zala | — |
| accusative | Zalát | — |
| dative | Zalának | — |
| instrumental | Zalával | — |
| causal-final | Zaláért | — |
| translative | Zalává | — |
| terminative | Zaláig | — |
| essive-formal | Zalaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Zalában | — |
| superessive | Zalán | — |
| adessive | Zalánál | — |
| illative | Zalába | — |
| sublative | Zalára | — |
| allative | Zalához | — |
| elative | Zalából | — |
| delative | Zaláról | — |
| ablative | Zalától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zaláé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zaláéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Zala | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Zalám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Zalád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Zalája | — |
| 1st person plural | Zalánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Zalátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Zalájuk | — |
Derived terms
Compound words
- Zalaapáti
- Zalabaksa
- Zalabér
- Zalaboldogfa
- Zalacsány
- Zalacséb
- Zalaegerszeg
- Zalaerdőd
- Zalagyömörő
- Zalahaláp
- Zalaháshágy
- Zalaigrice
- Zalaistvánd
- Zalakaros
- Zalakomár
- Zalaköveskút
- Zalalövő
- Zalameggyes
- Zalamerenye
- Zalasárszeg
- Zalaszabar
- Zalaszántó
- Zalaszegvár
- Zalaszentbalázs
- Zalaszentgrót
- Zalaszentgyörgy
- Zalaszentiván
- Zalaszentjakab
- Zalaszentlászló
- Zalaszentlőrinc
- Zalaszentmárton
- Zalaszentmihály
- Zalaszombatfa
- Zalatárnok
- Zalaújlak
- Zalavár
- Zalavég
Slovene
Etymology
Derived from Old slovene zal, which means beautiful.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zȃla f
- a female given name
Declension
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | Zala | ||
| gen. sing. | Zale | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Zala | Zali | Zale |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Zale | Zal | Zal |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Zali | Zalama | Zalam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Zalo | Zali | Zale |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Zali | Zalah | Zalah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Zalo | Zalama | Zalami |
Further reading
- “Zala”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024