korai

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English

Noun

korai

  1. plural of kore

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Hungarian

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  • Hyphenation: ko‧rai
  • Rhymes: -ji

Etymology 1

kora +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

korai (comparative korábbi or koraibb, superlative legkorábbi or legkoraibb)

  1. early, premature
    Erről még túl korai beszélni. ― It's too early to talk about this.
    korai halál ― premature death
Usage notes

(Leg)korábbi is used in the sense “earlier/earliest”, and (leg)koraibb may be used (though uncommon) in the sense “(more/most) premature”.

Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative korai koraiak
accusative korait koraiakat
dative korainak koraiaknak
instrumental koraival koraiakkal
causal-final koraiért koraiakért
translative koraivá koraiakká
terminative koraiig koraiakig
essive-formal koraiként koraiakként
essive-modal — —
inessive koraiban koraiakban
superessive korain koraiakon
adessive korainál koraiaknál
illative koraiba koraiakba
sublative koraira koraiakra
allative koraihoz koraiakhoz
elative koraiból koraiakból
delative korairól koraiakról
ablative koraitól koraiaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		koraié koraiaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		koraiéi koraiakéi

Etymology 2

kor (“age, epoch”) +‎ -ai (possessive suffix)

Noun

korai

  1. third-person singular multiple-possession possessive of kor
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative — korai
accusative — korait
dative — korainak
instrumental — koraival
causal-final — koraiért
translative — koraivá
terminative — koraiig
essive-formal — koraiként
essive-modal — koraiul
inessive — koraiban
superessive — korain
adessive — korainál
illative — koraiba
sublative — koraira
allative — koraihoz
elative — koraiból
delative — korairól
ablative — koraitól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		— koraié
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		— koraiéi

Further reading

  • korai 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

Japanese

Romanization

korai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こらい

Kokborok

Etymology

Atong (India) gorai (“horse”).

Noun

korai

  1. horse
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