korpulens

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German korpulent, from Late Latin corpulentus (fleshy), from Latin corpus (body).[1] With -ens ending.

Pronunciation

Adjective

korpulens (comparative korpulensebb, superlative legkorpulensebb)

  1. (literary, euphemistic, of a person, chiefly of a man) corpulent, overweight (large in body)
    Synonyms: kövér, kövérkés, pocakos, testes

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative korpulens korpulensek
accusative korpulenset korpulenseket
dative korpulensnek korpulenseknek
instrumental korpulenssel korpulensekkel
causal-final korpulensért korpulensekért
translative korpulenssé korpulensekké
terminative korpulensig korpulensekig
essive-formal korpulensként korpulensekként
essive-modal
inessive korpulensben korpulensekben
superessive korpulensen korpulenseken
adessive korpulensnél korpulenseknél
illative korpulensbe korpulensekbe
sublative korpulensre korpulensekre
allative korpulenshez korpulensekhez
elative korpulensből korpulensekből
delative korpulensről korpulensekről
ablative korpulenstől korpulensektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
korpulensé korpulenseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
korpulenséi korpulensekéi

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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