alkat

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See also: alkát

Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete alk (conformity, adaptation, adjustment to something) +‎ -at. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

Noun

alkat (plural alkatok)

  1. build, physique, constitution (a person's physique)
    Synonym: testalkat
  2. temper, character, type (a person's temperament)
    intellektuális alkatintellectual type

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alkat alkatok
accusative alkatot alkatokat
dative alkatnak alkatoknak
instrumental alkattal alkatokkal
causal-final alkatért alkatokért
translative alkattá alkatokká
terminative alkatig alkatokig
essive-formal alkatként alkatokként
essive-modal
inessive alkatban alkatokban
superessive alkaton alkatokon
adessive alkatnál alkatoknál
illative alkatba alkatokba
sublative alkatra alkatokra
allative alkathoz alkatokhoz
elative alkatból alkatokból
delative alkatról alkatokról
ablative alkattól alkatoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
alkaté alkatoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
alkatéi alkatokéi
Possessive forms of alkat
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alkatom alkataim
2nd person sing. alkatod alkataid
3rd person sing. alkata alkatai
1st person plural alkatunk alkataink
2nd person plural alkatotok alkataitok
3rd person plural alkatuk alkataik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • alkat 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
  • alkat in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Swedish

Adjective

alkat

  1. indefinite neuter singular of alkad