távol

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Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adverb

távol (comparative távolabb, superlative legtávolabb)

  1. far (used with -tól/-től)
    Synonym: messze
    Antonym: közel
  2. away, absent

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Noun

távol (plural távolok)

  1. distance, farness, remoteness
    Synonym: messzeség

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative távol távolok
accusative távolt távolokat
dative távolnak távoloknak
instrumental távollal távolokkal
causal-final távolért távolokért
translative távollá távolokká
terminative távolig távolokig
essive-formal távolként távolokként
essive-modal
inessive távolban távolokban
superessive távolon távolokon
adessive távolnál távoloknál
illative távolba távolokba
sublative távolra távolokra
allative távolhoz távolokhoz
elative távolból távolokból
delative távolról távolokról
ablative távoltól távoloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
távolé távoloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
távoléi távolokéi
Possessive forms of távol
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. távolom távolaim
2nd person sing. távolod távolaid
3rd person sing. távola távolai
1st person plural távolunk távolaink
2nd person plural távolotok távolaitok
3rd person plural távoluk távolaik

Further reading

  • távol 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