forgás

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the forg- stem of forog (to turn, rotate) +‎ -ás (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

forgás (plural forgások)

  1. rotation, revolution, spin, turn
    a Föld forgásathe Earth's rotation
  2. (figuratively) passage (the advance of something that is changing: the time, the world, etc.)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative forgás forgások
accusative forgást forgásokat
dative forgásnak forgásoknak
instrumental forgással forgásokkal
causal-final forgásért forgásokért
translative forgássá forgásokká
terminative forgásig forgásokig
essive-formal forgásként forgásokként
essive-modal
inessive forgásban forgásokban
superessive forgáson forgásokon
adessive forgásnál forgásoknál
illative forgásba forgásokba
sublative forgásra forgásokra
allative forgáshoz forgásokhoz
elative forgásból forgásokból
delative forgásról forgásokról
ablative forgástól forgásoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
forgásé forgásoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
forgáséi forgásokéi
Possessive forms of forgás
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. forgásom forgásaim
2nd person sing. forgásod forgásaid
3rd person sing. forgása forgásai
1st person plural forgásunk forgásaink
2nd person plural forgásotok forgásaitok
3rd person plural forgásuk forgásaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • forgás 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