boldog-boldogtalan

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Hungarian

Etymology

boldog (happy) +‎ boldogtalan (unhappy)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: bol‧dog-bol‧dog‧ta‧lan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

boldog-boldogtalan

  1. (sometimes slightly derogatory) anyone, Tom, Dick and Harry, all and sundry, the whole world, the whole world and his dog, all the world and his wife, all and sundry (everybody without distinction)
    Synonym: fű-fa

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative boldog-boldogtalan
accusative boldog-boldogtalant
dative boldog-boldogtalannak
instrumental boldog-boldogtalannal
causal-final boldog-boldogtalanért
translative boldog-boldogtalanná
terminative boldog-boldogtalanig
essive-formal boldog-boldogtalanként
essive-modal
inessive boldog-boldogtalanban
superessive boldog-boldogtalanon
adessive boldog-boldogtalannál
illative boldog-boldogtalanba
sublative boldog-boldogtalanra
allative boldog-boldogtalanhoz
elative boldog-boldogtalanból
delative boldog-boldogtalanról
ablative boldog-boldogtalantól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
boldog-boldogtalané
non-attributive
possessive - plural
boldog-boldogtalanéi

or (chiefly in the case of the accusative) both words are declined separately but always connected with a hyphen: boldogot-boldogtalant.

Further reading

  • boldog-boldogtalan 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
  • boldog-boldogtalan 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).