alapos

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Hungarian

Etymology

alap +‎ -os

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧pos
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

alapos (comparative alaposabb, superlative legalaposabb)

  1. thorough
    Synonyms: beható, tüzetes, kimerítő, gondos, akkurátus, pedáns, precíz, részletes, elmélyült
    Antonyms: felületes, felszínes, hanyag
  2. (of a person) conscientious, painstaking
    Synonyms: lelkiismeretes, gondos, precíz, figyelmes
    Antonyms: felületes, felszínes, hanyag
  3. well-founded, well-substantiated
    Synonyms: megalapozott, jogos, indokolt, komoly, nyomós, döntő
    Antonyms: megalapozatlan, alaptalan, komolytalan

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alapos alaposak
accusative alaposat alaposakat
dative alaposnak alaposaknak
instrumental alapossal alaposakkal
causal-final alaposért alaposakért
translative alapossá alaposakká
terminative alaposig alaposakig
essive-formal alaposként alaposakként
essive-modal — —
inessive alaposban alaposakban
superessive alaposon alaposakon
adessive alaposnál alaposaknál
illative alaposba alaposakba
sublative alaposra alaposakra
allative alaposhoz alaposakhoz
elative alaposból alaposakból
delative alaposról alaposakról
ablative alapostól alaposaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		alaposé alaposaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		alaposéi alaposakéi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • alapos 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
  • alapos 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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