fogalom

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Hungarian

Etymology

fog (“to hold, to catch”) +‎ -alom (noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fo‧ga‧lom

Noun

fogalom (plural fogalmak)

  1. concept, notion, idea
  2. (with a possessive suffix) (chiefly in the negative or in questions) idea, clue (conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention)
    Synonyms: elképzelés, elgondolás, ötlet, sejtelem, (colloquial) gőz, (colloquial) lövés, (colloquial) dunszt, (vulgar) fing

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fogalom fogalmak
accusative fogalmat fogalmakat
dative fogalomnak fogalmaknak
instrumental fogalommal fogalmakkal
causal-final fogalomért fogalmakért
translative fogalommá fogalmakká
terminative fogalomig fogalmakig
essive-formal fogalomként fogalmakként
essive-modal — —
inessive fogalomban fogalmakban
superessive fogalmon fogalmakon
adessive fogalomnál fogalmaknál
illative fogalomba fogalmakba
sublative fogalomra fogalmakra
allative fogalomhoz fogalmakhoz
elative fogalomból fogalmakból
delative fogalomról fogalmakról
ablative fogalomtól fogalmaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		fogalomé fogalmaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		fogaloméi fogalmakéi
Possessive forms of fogalom
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fogalmam fogalmaim
2nd person sing. fogalmad fogalmaid
3rd person sing. fogalma fogalmai
1st person plural fogalmunk fogalmaink
2nd person plural fogalmatok fogalmaitok
3rd person plural fogalmuk fogalmaik

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ fogalom in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • fogalom 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
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