lelkes

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the lelk- stem of lélek (“soul”) +‎ -es (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lelkes (comparative lelkesebb, superlative leglelkesebb)

  1. enthusiastic, ardent
  2. (archaic or literary, after a numeral, not comparable) of …… inhabitants, with a population of ……
    Synonym: fős
    500 lelkes falu ― a village of 500 inhabitants

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lelkes lelkesek
accusative lelkeset lelkeseket
dative lelkesnek lelkeseknek
instrumental lelkessel lelkesekkel
causal-final lelkesért lelkesekért
translative lelkessé lelkesekké
terminative lelkesig lelkesekig
essive-formal lelkesként lelkesekként
essive-modal — —
inessive lelkesben lelkesekben
superessive lelkesen lelkeseken
adessive lelkesnél lelkeseknél
illative lelkesbe lelkesekbe
sublative lelkesre lelkesekre
allative lelkeshez lelkesekhez
elative lelkesből lelkesekből
delative lelkesről lelkesekről
ablative lelkestől lelkesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		lelkesé lelkeseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		lelkeséi lelkesekéi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lelkes 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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