alkotmány
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Hungarian
Etymology
alkot + -mány, created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Pronunciation
Noun
alkotmány (plural alkotmányok)
- (government, law) constitution
- Synonym: (archaic, rare) konstitúció
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alkotmány | alkotmányok |
| accusative | alkotmányt | alkotmányokat |
| dative | alkotmánynak | alkotmányoknak |
| instrumental | alkotmánnyal | alkotmányokkal |
| causal-final | alkotmányért | alkotmányokért |
| translative | alkotmánnyá | alkotmányokká |
| terminative | alkotmányig | alkotmányokig |
| essive-formal | alkotmányként | alkotmányokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alkotmányban | alkotmányokban |
| superessive | alkotmányon | alkotmányokon |
| adessive | alkotmánynál | alkotmányoknál |
| illative | alkotmányba | alkotmányokba |
| sublative | alkotmányra | alkotmányokra |
| allative | alkotmányhoz | alkotmányokhoz |
| elative | alkotmányból | alkotmányokból |
| delative | alkotmányról | alkotmányokról |
| ablative | alkotmánytól | alkotmányoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
alkotmányé | alkotmányoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
alkotmányéi | alkotmányokéi |
| Possessive forms of alkotmány | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | alkotmányom | alkotmányaim |
| 2nd person sing. | alkotmányod | alkotmányaid |
| 3rd person sing. | alkotmánya | alkotmányai |
| 1st person plural | alkotmányunk | alkotmányaink |
| 2nd person plural | alkotmányotok | alkotmányaitok |
| 3rd person plural | alkotmányuk | alkotmányaik |
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Further reading
- alkotmány 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
- alkotmány 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).