bánat
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Bánat (Sorrow), by Ottó Baditz
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bánat (usually uncountable, plural bánatok)
- repentance, regret
- sorrow, grief, distress
- Synonyms: (poetic) bú, szomorúság
- emészti a bánat ― sorrow is eating one’s heart
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bánat | bánatok |
| accusative | bánatot | bánatokat |
| dative | bánatnak | bánatoknak |
| instrumental | bánattal | bánatokkal |
| causal-final | bánatért | bánatokért |
| translative | bánattá | bánatokká |
| terminative | bánatig | bánatokig |
| essive-formal | bánatként | bánatokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bánatban | bánatokban |
| superessive | bánaton | bánatokon |
| adessive | bánatnál | bánatoknál |
| illative | bánatba | bánatokba |
| sublative | bánatra | bánatokra |
| allative | bánathoz | bánatokhoz |
| elative | bánatból | bánatokból |
| delative | bánatról | bánatokról |
| ablative | bánattól | bánatoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
bánaté | bánatoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
bánatéi | bánatokéi |
| Possessive forms of bánat | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | bánatom | bánataim |
| 2nd person sing. | bánatod | bánataid |
| 3rd person sing. | bánata | bánatai |
| 1st person plural | bánatunk | bánataink |
| 2nd person plural | bánatotok | bánataitok |
| 3rd person plural | bánatuk | bánataik |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bánat.
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
Further reading
- bánat 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
- bánat 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)