köves

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the köv- stem of kő (“stone”) +‎ -es (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

köves (comparative kövesebb, superlative legkövesebb)

  1. (of a path, area, land) stony, rocky (containing or made up of stones)
    köves talaj ― stony soil
  2. (of a room) paved with tiles
  3. (of an object) jewelled (adorned with precious stones)
  4. (of a watch) with jewels (prepared with jewels)

Declension

Inflection of köves
singular plural
nominative köves kövesek
accusative köveset
kövest 		köveseket
dative kövesnek köveseknek
instrumental kövessel kövesekkel
causal-final kövesért kövesekért
translative kövessé kövesekké
terminative kövesig kövesekig
essive-formal kövesként kövesekként
essive-modal — —
inessive kövesben kövesekben
superessive kövesen köveseken
adessive kövesnél köveseknél
illative kövesbe kövesekbe
sublative kövesre kövesekre
allative köveshez kövesekhez
elative kövesből kövesekből
delative kövesről kövesekről
ablative kövestől kövesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		kövesé köveseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		köveséi kövesekéi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • köves 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
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