sivár

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the siv- stem variant of (to howl) +‎ -ár (noun-forming suffix indicating the place of the action). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sivár (comparative sivárabb, superlative legsivárabb)

  1. (of a place) barren, desolate
  2. (of a spectacle) bleak, dismal, cheerless

Declension

Inflection of sivár
singular plural
nominative sivár sivárak
accusative sivárt
sivárat
sivárakat
dative sivárnak siváraknak
instrumental sivárral sivárakkal
causal-final sivárért sivárakért
translative sivárrá sivárakká
terminative sivárig sivárakig
essive-formal sivárként sivárakként
essive-modal sivárul
inessive sivárban sivárakban
superessive siváron sivárakon
adessive sivárnál siváraknál
illative sivárba sivárakba
sublative sivárra sivárakra
allative sivárhoz sivárakhoz
elative sivárból sivárakból
delative sivárról sivárakról
ablative sivártól siváraktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
siváré siváraké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
siváréi sivárakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ sivár in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

  • sivár 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