-etlen

See also: étlen

Hungarian

-etlen (comparative -etlenebb, superlative leg- -etlenebb)

(adjective-forming suffix) -less, un-, dis- (a privative suffix added to a noun or a verb to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something)
‎fej (“head”) + ‎-etlen → ‎fejetlen (“headless; confused”)

‎ismer (“to know”) + ‎-etlen → ‎ismeretlen (“unknown”)

(adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
-talan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)

-telen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)

-tlan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.

-tlen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.

-atlan is added to back-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)

-etlen is added to front-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
gond (“care”) → gondtalan (“carefree”)

gond (“care”) → gondatlan (“careless”)

Inflection (stem in *-e-*, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-etlen	-etlenek
accusative	-etlent	-etleneket
dative	-etlennek	-etleneknek
instrumental	-etlennel	-etlenekkel
causal-final	-etlenért	-etlenekért
translative	-etlenné	-etlenekké
terminative	-etlenig	-etlenekig
essive-formal	-etlenként	-etlenekként
essive-modal	-etlenül	-etlenekül
inessive	-etlenben	-etlenekben
superessive	-etlenen	-etleneken
adessive	-etlennél	-etleneknél
illative	-etlenbe	-etlenekbe
sublative	-etlenre	-etlenekre
allative	-etlenhez	-etlenekhez
elative	-etlenből	-etlenekből
delative	-etlenről	-etlenekről
ablative	-etlentől	-etlenektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	-etlené	-etleneké
non-attributive possessive – plural	-etlenéi	-etlenekéi