borosta

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Old High German, compare German Borste, Bavarian burst (bristle).

Pronunciation

Noun

borosta (usually uncountable, plural borosták)

  1. stubble

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative borosta borosták
accusative borostát borostákat
dative borostának borostáknak
instrumental borostával borostákkal
causal-final borostáért borostákért
translative borostává borostákká
terminative borostáig borostákig
essive-formal borostaként borostákként
essive-modal
inessive borostában borostákban
superessive borostán borostákon
adessive borostánál borostáknál
illative borostába borostákba
sublative borostára borostákra
allative borostához borostákhoz
elative borostából borostákból
delative borostáról borostákról
ablative borostától borostáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
borostáé borostáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
borostáéi borostákéi
Possessive forms of borosta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. borostám borostáim
2nd person sing. borostád borostáid
3rd person sing. borostája borostái
1st person plural borostánk borostáink
2nd person plural borostátok borostáitok
3rd person plural borostájuk borostáik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • borosta 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
  • borosta 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)