alsó

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Hungarian

Etymology

al- + -só (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: al‧só
  • Rhymes: -ʃoː

Adjective

alsó (comparative lejjebbi, lejjebb lévő or alsóbb, superlative legalsó or legalsóbb)

  1. bottom, lower
    Antonym: felső

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alsó alsók
accusative alsót alsókat
dative alsónak alsóknak
instrumental alsóval alsókkal
causal-final alsóért alsókért
translative alsóvá alsókká
terminative alsóig alsókig
essive-formal alsóként alsókként
essive-modal
inessive alsóban alsókban
superessive alsón alsókon
adessive alsónál alsóknál
illative alsóba alsókba
sublative alsóra alsókra
allative alsóhoz alsókhoz
elative alsóból alsókból
delative alsóról alsókról
ablative alsótól alsóktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
alsóé alsóké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
alsóéi alsókéi

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Noun

alsó (plural alsók)

  1. (card games) under knave (the lowest of the three face cards in the German or Hungarian card deck, distinguished by the suit symbol being placed lower down the side of the card than on the felső)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alsó alsók
accusative alsót alsókat
dative alsónak alsóknak
instrumental alsóval alsókkal
causal-final alsóért alsókért
translative alsóvá alsókká
terminative alsóig alsókig
essive-formal alsóként alsókként
essive-modal
inessive alsóban alsókban
superessive alsón alsókon
adessive alsónál alsóknál
illative alsóba alsókba
sublative alsóra alsókra
allative alsóhoz alsókhoz
elative alsóból alsókból
delative alsóról alsókról
ablative alsótól alsóktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
alsóé alsóké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
alsóéi alsókéi
Possessive forms of alsó
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alsóm alsóim
2nd person sing. alsód alsóid
3rd person sing. alsója alsói
1st person plural alsónk alsóink
2nd person plural alsótok alsóitok
3rd person plural alsójuk alsóik

Further reading

  • alsó 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
  • alsó 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)