asztal
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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowing from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *stolъ. The user interface sense is a semantic loan from English desktop (literally “desk, table”).
Pronunciation
Noun
asztal (plural asztalok)
- table, desk (in a flat, whether a living room or a kitchen, or in an office or that of a teacher)
- (graphical user interface) desktop (main graphical user interface of an operating system)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | asztal | asztalok |
| accusative | asztalt | asztalokat |
| dative | asztalnak | asztaloknak |
| instrumental | asztallal | asztalokkal |
| causal-final | asztalért | asztalokért |
| translative | asztallá | asztalokká |
| terminative | asztalig | asztalokig |
| essive-formal | asztalként | asztalokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | asztalban | asztalokban |
| superessive | asztalon | asztalokon |
| adessive | asztalnál | asztaloknál |
| illative | asztalba | asztalokba |
| sublative | asztalra | asztalokra |
| allative | asztalhoz | asztalokhoz |
| elative | asztalból | asztalokból |
| delative | asztalról | asztalokról |
| ablative | asztaltól | asztaloktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
asztalé | asztaloké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
asztaléi | asztalokéi |
| Possessive forms of asztal | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | asztalom | asztalaim |
| 2nd person sing. | asztalod | asztalaid |
| 3rd person sing. | asztala | asztalai |
| 1st person plural | asztalunk | asztalaink |
| 2nd person plural | asztalotok | asztalaitok |
| 3rd person plural | asztaluk | asztalaik |
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Further reading
- asztal 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
- asztal 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)