rovás

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See also: rövas

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1392. From +‎ -ás.

Pronunciation

Noun

rovás (plural rovások)

  1. score, tally
  2. detriment

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rovás rovások
accusative rovást rovásokat
dative rovásnak rovásoknak
instrumental rovással rovásokkal
causal-final rovásért rovásokért
translative rovássá rovásokká
terminative rovásig rovásokig
essive-formal rovásként rovásokként
essive-modal
inessive rovásban rovásokban
superessive rováson rovásokon
adessive rovásnál rovásoknál
illative rovásba rovásokba
sublative rovásra rovásokra
allative rováshoz rovásokhoz
elative rovásból rovásokból
delative rovásról rovásokról
ablative rovástól rovásoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
rovásé rovásoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
rováséi rovásokéi
Possessive forms of rovás
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rovásom rovásaim
2nd person sing. rovásod rovásaid
3rd person sing. rovása rovásai
1st person plural rovásunk rovásaink
2nd person plural rovásotok rovásaitok
3rd person plural rovásuk rovásaik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

References

  1. ^ rovás 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.)

Further reading

  • rovás 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
  • rovás in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI