alakú

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Hungarian

Etymology

From alak (“shape, form”) +‎ -ú (adjective-forming suffix denoting possession or similarity).

Pronunciation

Adjective

alakú (not comparable)

  1. -shaped, -formed
    szív alakú arc ― a heart-shaped face
  2. (taxonomy) -iformes (refers to the name of an order of animals)
    trópusimadár-alakúak ― Phaethontiformes

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alakú alakúak
accusative alakút alakúakat
dative alakúnak alakúaknak
instrumental alakúval alakúakkal
causal-final alakúért alakúakért
translative alakúvá alakúakká
terminative alakúig alakúakig
essive-formal alakúként alakúakként
essive-modal — —
inessive alakúban alakúakban
superessive alakún alakúakon
adessive alakúnál alakúaknál
illative alakúba alakúakba
sublative alakúra alakúakra
allative alakúhoz alakúakhoz
elative alakúból alakúakból
delative alakúról alakúakról
ablative alakútól alakúaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		alakúé alakúaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		alakúéi alakúakéi

Coordinate terms

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See also

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Further reading

  • alakú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • alakú in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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