bolondokháza

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Hungarian

Etymology

bolondok +‎ háza, from bolond (lunatic) +‎ -ok (plural suffix) +‎ ház (house) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: bo‧lon‧dok‧há‧za
  • Rhymes: -zɒ

Noun

bolondokháza

  1. (colloquial) madhouse, insane asylum (a house where insane persons are confined)
    Synonyms: elmegyógyintézet, tébolyda, őrültekháza
  2. (by extension, colloquial) madhouse, bedlam (a chaotic place)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bolondokháza
accusative bolondokházát
dative bolondokházának
instrumental bolondokházával
causal-final bolondokházáért
translative bolondokházává
terminative bolondokházáig
essive-formal bolondokházaként
essive-modal
inessive bolondokházában
superessive bolondokházán
adessive bolondokházánál
illative bolondokházába
sublative bolondokházára
allative bolondokházához
elative bolondokházából
delative bolondokházáról
ablative bolondokházától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bolondokházáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bolondokházáéi

Further reading

  • bolondokháza 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
  • bolondokháza 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).