mínusz

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Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mí‧nusz
  • Rhymes: -us

Adverb

mínusz (not comparable)

  1. minus

Noun

mínusz (plural mínuszok)

  1. (arithmetic) minus sign (symbol used to denote subtraction and negative numbers)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mínusz mínuszok
accusative mínuszt mínuszokat
dative mínusznak mínuszoknak
instrumental mínusszal mínuszokkal
causal-final mínuszért mínuszokért
translative mínusszá mínuszokká
terminative mínuszig mínuszokig
essive-formal mínuszként mínuszokként
essive-modal
inessive mínuszban mínuszokban
superessive mínuszon mínuszokon
adessive mínusznál mínuszoknál
illative mínuszba mínuszokba
sublative mínuszra mínuszokra
allative mínuszhoz mínuszokhoz
elative mínuszból mínuszokból
delative mínuszról mínuszokról
ablative mínusztól mínuszoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
mínuszé mínuszoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
mínuszéi mínuszokéi
Possessive forms of mínusz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mínuszom mínuszaim
2nd person sing. mínuszod mínuszaid
3rd person sing. mínusza mínuszai
1st person plural mínuszunk mínuszaink
2nd person plural mínuszotok mínuszaitok
3rd person plural mínuszuk mínuszaik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mínusz 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