ballagás

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Hungarian

Etymology

ballag (“to walk slowly”) +‎ -ás (noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: bal‧la‧gás

Noun

ballagás (plural ballagások)

  1. amble (an unhurried leisurely walk or stroll)
  2. (education) graduation (a traditional farewell ceremony at the end of high school in Hungary)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ballagás ballagások
accusative ballagást ballagásokat
dative ballagásnak ballagásoknak
instrumental ballagással ballagásokkal
causal-final ballagásért ballagásokért
translative ballagássá ballagásokká
terminative ballagásig ballagásokig
essive-formal ballagásként ballagásokként
essive-modal — —
inessive ballagásban ballagásokban
superessive ballagáson ballagásokon
adessive ballagásnál ballagásoknál
illative ballagásba ballagásokba
sublative ballagásra ballagásokra
allative ballagáshoz ballagásokhoz
elative ballagásból ballagásokból
delative ballagásról ballagásokról
ablative ballagástól ballagásoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		ballagásé ballagásoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		ballagáséi ballagásokéi
Possessive forms of ballagás
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ballagásom ballagásaim
2nd person sing. ballagásod ballagásaid
3rd person sing. ballagása ballagásai
1st person plural ballagásunk ballagásaink
2nd person plural ballagásotok ballagásaitok
3rd person plural ballagásuk ballagásaik

Further reading

  • ballagás 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
  • ballagás 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).
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