hallgatag

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Hungarian

Etymology

hallgat (“to stay silent”) +‎ -ag (adjective-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

hallgatag (comparative hallgatagabb, superlative leghallgatagabb)

  1. (of a person) taciturn, silent, reticent
    Synonyms: szűkszavú, szótlan, csöndes, szófukar, kevés szavú, magának való
    Antonym: beszédes
  2. (literary, of an object, thing) noiseless
    Synonyms: néma, zajtalan, hangtalan, csendes, nesztelen

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hallgatag hallgatagok
accusative hallgatagot hallgatagokat
dative hallgatagnak hallgatagoknak
instrumental hallgataggal hallgatagokkal
causal-final hallgatagért hallgatagokért
translative hallgataggá hallgatagokká
terminative hallgatagig hallgatagokig
essive-formal hallgatagként hallgatagokként
essive-modal — —
inessive hallgatagban hallgatagokban
superessive hallgatagon hallgatagokon
adessive hallgatagnál hallgatagoknál
illative hallgatagba hallgatagokba
sublative hallgatagra hallgatagokra
allative hallgataghoz hallgatagokhoz
elative hallgatagból hallgatagokból
delative hallgatagról hallgatagokról
ablative hallgatagtól hallgatagoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		hallgatagé hallgatagoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		hallgatagéi hallgatagokéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ hallgatag 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.)

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