kötbér
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Hungarian
Etymology
köt (“to bind”) + bér (“compensation”)
Pronunciation
Noun
kötbér (plural kötbérek)
- (law) penalty, forfeit, liquidated damages (payment for failing to keep one's obligations in a contract)
- Synonym: pönálé
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kötbér | kötbérek |
| accusative | kötbért | kötbéreket |
| dative | kötbérnek | kötbéreknek |
| instrumental | kötbérrel | kötbérekkel |
| causal-final | kötbérért | kötbérekért |
| translative | kötbérré | kötbérekké |
| terminative | kötbérig | kötbérekig |
| essive-formal | kötbérként | kötbérekként |
| essive-modal | kötbérül | — |
| inessive | kötbérben | kötbérekben |
| superessive | kötbéren | kötbéreken |
| adessive | kötbérnél | kötbéreknél |
| illative | kötbérbe | kötbérekbe |
| sublative | kötbérre | kötbérekre |
| allative | kötbérhez | kötbérekhez |
| elative | kötbérből | kötbérekből |
| delative | kötbérről | kötbérekről |
| ablative | kötbértől | kötbérektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kötbéré | kötbéreké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kötbéréi | kötbérekéi |
| Possessive forms of kötbér | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kötbérem | kötbéreim |
| 2nd person sing. | kötbéred | kötbéreid |
| 3rd person sing. | kötbére | kötbérei |
| 1st person plural | kötbérünk | kötbéreink |
| 2nd person plural | kötbéretek | kötbéreitek |
| 3rd person plural | kötbérük | kötbéreik |
Derived terms
Further reading
- kötbér 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