terhes

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Hungarian

Etymology

teher +‎ -es

Pronunciation

Adjective

terhes (comparative terhesebb, superlative legterhesebb)

  1. pregnant, in a/the family way
    Synonyms: állapotos, várandós, anyai örömök elé néz, gyermeket vár, másállapotban van
  2. burdensome, hard, taxing (task), obnoxious, tiring (person) for someone (-nak/-nek)
    Synonyms: megterhelő, fárasztó, kimerítő, nyomasztó
  3. (rare, literary) loaded, filled, heavy, laden, saturated (with something: -val/-vel)
    Synonyms: megrakott, teli, telített, átitatott

Declension

Inflection of terhes
singular plural
nominative terhes terhesek
accusative terheset
terhest 		terheseket
dative terhesnek terheseknek
instrumental terhessel terhesekkel
causal-final terhesért terhesekért
translative terhessé terhesekké
terminative terhesig terhesekig
essive-formal terhesként terhesekként
essive-modal — —
inessive terhesben terhesekben
superessive terhesen terheseken
adessive terhesnél terheseknél
illative terhesbe terhesekbe
sublative terhesre terhesekre
allative terheshez terhesekhez
elative terhesből terhesekből
delative terhesről terhesekről
ablative terhestől terhesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		terhesé terheseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		terheséi terhesekéi

Derived terms

Noun

terhes (plural terhesek)

  1. pregnant woman

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative terhes terhesek
accusative terhest terheseket
dative terhesnek terheseknek
instrumental terhessel terhesekkel
causal-final terhesért terhesekért
translative terhessé terhesekké
terminative terhesig terhesekig
essive-formal terhesként terhesekként
essive-modal — —
inessive terhesben terhesekben
superessive terhesen terheseken
adessive terhesnél terheseknél
illative terhesbe terhesekbe
sublative terhesre terhesekre
allative terheshez terhesekhez
elative terhesből terhesekből
delative terhesről terhesekről
ablative terhestől terhesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		terhesé terheseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		terheséi terhesekéi
Possessive forms of terhes
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. terhesem terheseim
2nd person sing. terhesed terheseid
3rd person sing. terhese terhesei
1st person plural terhesünk terheseink
2nd person plural terhesetek terheseitek
3rd person plural terhesük terheseik

Usage notes

This word is sometimes avoided in the sense ‘pregnant (woman)’ due to its connotation of carrying some “burden” (teher). For alternatives, see its synonyms under the first adjectival sense.

Further reading

  • terhes 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
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