hérosz

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin hērōs (hero), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, demi-god).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: hé‧rosz
  • Rhymes: -os

Noun

hérosz (plural héroszok)

  1. demi-god
    Synonym: félisten
  2. (archaic) hero (person of great bravery)
    Synonym: hős

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hérosz héroszok
accusative héroszt héroszokat
dative hérosznak héroszoknak
instrumental hérosszal héroszokkal
causal-final héroszért héroszokért
translative hérosszá héroszokká
terminative héroszig héroszokig
essive-formal héroszként héroszokként
essive-modal
inessive héroszban héroszokban
superessive héroszon héroszokon
adessive hérosznál héroszoknál
illative héroszba héroszokba
sublative héroszra héroszokra
allative héroszhoz héroszokhoz
elative héroszból héroszokból
delative héroszról héroszokról
ablative hérosztól héroszoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
héroszé héroszoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
héroszéi héroszokéi
Possessive forms of hérosz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. héroszom héroszaim
2nd person sing. héroszod héroszaid
3rd person sing. hérosza héroszai
1st person plural héroszunk héroszaink
2nd person plural héroszotok héroszaitok
3rd person plural héroszuk héroszaik

Further reading

  • hérosz 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