magányos

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the adverb/adjective magán (“separate”) +‎ -os (adjective-forming suffix), from the lexicalization of maga (“oneself”) +‎ -n (case suffix).[1][2][3] Doublet of magános.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gá‧nyos
  • Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

magányos (comparative magányosabb, superlative legmagányosabb)

  1. (of a place) desolate, uninhabited, deserted (devoid of inhabitants)
    Synonyms: elhagyatott, félreeső, elszigetelt, elkülönült
  2. (of a person) lonely, solitary (without companions)
    Synonyms: családtalan, egyedülálló, magános

Usage notes

Strictly in the phyical sense, the term magános was preferable, but it is now considered literary and has become less common, so the present magányos has mostly taken over its meaning (along with the psychological sense, the primary meaning of the latter).

Declension

Inflection of magányos
singular plural
nominative magányos magányosak
accusative magányosat
magányost 		magányosakat
dative magányosnak magányosaknak
instrumental magányossal magányosakkal
causal-final magányosért magányosakért
translative magányossá magányosakká
terminative magányosig magányosakig
essive-formal magányosként magányosakként
essive-modal — —
inessive magányosban magányosakban
superessive magányoson magányosakon
adessive magányosnál magányosaknál
illative magányosba magányosakba
sublative magányosra magányosakra
allative magányoshoz magányosakhoz
elative magányosból magányosakból
delative magányosról magányosakról
ablative magányostól magányosaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		magányosé magányosaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		magányoséi magányosakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ magányos in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ magányos in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  3. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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