elmos

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Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ mos (“to wash”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

elmos (transitive)

  1. to wash up (to clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal)
    Synonym: elmosogat
  2. to wash away (to eliminate or destroy by fast-moving water)
    Synonyms: elvisz, elhord, elsodor
  3. (figurative) to wash out, to rain off (to cancel due to bad weather)
  4. (figurative) to blur (to make indistinct)
    Synonym: elhomályosít

Conjugation

conjugation of elmos
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. elmosok elmosol elmos elmosunk elmostok elmosnak
Def. elmosom elmosod elmossa elmossuk elmossátok elmossák
2nd-p. o. elmoslak ―
Past Indef. elmostam elmostál elmosott elmostunk elmostatok elmostak
Def. elmostam elmostad elmosta elmostuk elmostátok elmosták
2nd-p. o. elmostalak ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. el fog mosni.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. elmosék elmosál elmosa elmosánk elmosátok elmosának
Def. elmosám elmosád elmosá elmosánk elmosátok elmosák
2nd-p. o. elmosálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elmos vala, elmosott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. elmosandok elmosandasz elmosand elmosandunk elmosandotok elmosandanak
Def. elmosandom elmosandod elmosandja elmosandjuk elmosandjátok elmosandják
2nd-p. o. elmosandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. elmosnék elmosnál elmosna elmosnánk elmosnátok elmosnának
Def. elmosnám elmosnád elmosná elmosnánk
(or elmosnók) 		elmosnátok elmosnák
2nd-p. o. elmosnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elmosott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. elmossak elmoss or
elmossál 		elmosson elmossunk elmossatok elmossanak
Def. elmossam elmosd or
elmossad 		elmossa elmossuk elmossátok elmossák
2nd-p. o. elmossalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elmosott légyen
Infinitive elmosni elmosnom elmosnod elmosnia elmosnunk elmosnotok elmosniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
elmosás elmosó elmosott elmosandó elmosva (elmosván) elmosat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem mos el or el is mos.
potential conjugation of elmos
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. elmoshatok elmoshatsz elmoshat elmoshatunk elmoshattok elmoshatnak
Def. elmoshatom elmoshatod elmoshatja elmoshatjuk elmoshatjátok elmoshatják
2nd-p. o. elmoshatlak ―
Past Indef. elmoshattam elmoshattál elmoshatott elmoshattunk elmoshattatok elmoshattak
Def. elmoshattam elmoshattad elmoshatta elmoshattuk elmoshattátok elmoshatták
2nd-p. o. elmoshattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. elmoshaték elmoshatál elmoshata elmoshatánk elmoshatátok elmoshatának
Def. elmoshatám elmoshatád elmoshatá elmoshatánk elmoshatátok elmoshaták
2nd-p. o. elmoshatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elmoshat vala, elmoshatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. elmoshatandok
or elmosandhatok 		elmoshatandasz
or elmosandhatsz 		elmoshatand
or elmosandhat 		elmoshatandunk
or elmosandhatunk 		elmoshatandotok
or elmosandhattok 		elmoshatandanak
or elmosandhatnak
Def. elmoshatandom
or elmosandhatom 		elmoshatandod
or elmosandhatod 		elmoshatandja
or elmosandhatja 		elmoshatandjuk
or elmosandhatjuk 		elmoshatandjátok
or elmosandhatjátok 		elmoshatandják
or elmosandhatják
2nd-p. o. elmoshatandalak
or elmosandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. elmoshatnék elmoshatnál elmoshatna elmoshatnánk elmoshatnátok elmoshatnának
Def. elmoshatnám elmoshatnád elmoshatná elmoshatnánk
(or elmoshatnók) 		elmoshatnátok elmoshatnák
2nd-p. o. elmoshatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elmoshatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. elmoshassak elmoshass or
elmoshassál 		elmoshasson elmoshassunk elmoshassatok elmoshassanak
Def. elmoshassam elmoshasd or
elmoshassad 		elmoshassa elmoshassuk elmoshassátok elmoshassák
2nd-p. o. elmoshassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elmoshatott légyen
Inf. (elmoshatni) (elmoshatnom) (elmoshatnod) (elmoshatnia) (elmoshatnunk) (elmoshatnotok) (elmoshatniuk)
Positive adjective elmosható Neg. adj. elmoshatatlan Adv. part. (elmoshatva / elmoshatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem moshat el or el is moshat.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • elmos 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
  • elmos 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).

Portuguese

Noun

elmos

  1. plural of elmo
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