kénytelen

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the noun kény +‎ -telen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kény‧te‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Adjective

kénytelen (comparative kénytelenebb, superlative legkénytelenebb)

  1. (predicatively) forced, compelled, obliged (to do something)
    Kénytelen leszek elmenni oda. ― I will have to go there.
  2. (used as an adverb) against one’s will, reluctantly (no choice but to do)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kénytelen kénytelenek
accusative kénytelent kényteleneket
dative kénytelennek kényteleneknek
instrumental kénytelennel kénytelenekkel
causal-final kénytelenért kénytelenekért
translative kénytelenné kénytelenekké
terminative kénytelenig kénytelenekig
essive-formal kénytelenként kénytelenekként
essive-modal kénytelenül —
inessive kénytelenben kénytelenekben
superessive kénytelenen kényteleneken
adessive kénytelennél kényteleneknél
illative kénytelenbe kénytelenekbe
sublative kénytelenre kénytelenekre
allative kénytelenhez kénytelenekhez
elative kénytelenből kénytelenekből
delative kénytelenről kénytelenekről
ablative kénytelentől kénytelenektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		kénytelené kényteleneké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		kénytelenéi kénytelenekéi

Derived terms

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See also

References

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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