hosszú

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Hungarian hoszjú or hozu (*hosszú), from Proto-Uralic *koćɜ;[2] cognates include Komi-Zyrian кузь (kuź, long) and Northern Mansi хоса (hosa /⁠χosa⁠/, long).[3] Erzya кувака (kuvaka, long) and Moksha кувака (kuvaka, long) probably derive from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kawka (long), which has no known reflex in Hungarian.[4] The ssz can be explained by assimilation from an original szj, which yields the earlier archaic form hoszjú.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hosz‧szú
  • Rhymes: -suː

Adjective

hosszú (comparative hosszabb, superlative leghosszabb)

  1. long
    Antonym: rövid

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hosszú hosszúak
accusative hosszút hosszúakat
dative hosszúnak hosszúaknak
instrumental hosszúval hosszúakkal
causal-final hosszúért hosszúakért
translative hosszúvá hosszúakká
terminative hosszúig hosszúakig
essive-formal hosszúként hosszúakként
essive-modal
inessive hosszúban hosszúakban
superessive hosszún hosszúakon
adessive hosszúnál hosszúaknál
illative hosszúba hosszúakba
sublative hosszúra hosszúakra
allative hosszúhoz hosszúakhoz
elative hosszúból hosszúakból
delative hosszúról hosszúakról
ablative hosszútól hosszúaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hosszúé hosszúaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hosszúéi hosszúakéi

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References

  1. ^ Hosszú-hegy (Hungarian Digital Toponym Registry)
  2. ^ Entry #351 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  3. ^ Мансийско-русский словарь (Mansi–Russian dictionary)
  4. ^ Entry #255 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

  • hosszú 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