alantas
Hungarian
Etymology
From alant (“below”) + -as (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒntɒʃ]
- Hyphenation: alan‧tas
- Rhymes: -ɒʃ
Adjective
alantas (comparative alantasabb, superlative legalantasabb)
- (geography, literary, archaic) low-lying
- (literary, archaic) of low social class
- (figurative, rare) of low standard
- (figurative, literary) base, vulgar, rude
- Synonyms: aljas, alpári, durva, közönséges
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alantas | alantasak |
| accusative | alantasat alantast |
alantasakat |
| dative | alantasnak | alantasaknak |
| instrumental | alantassal | alantasakkal |
| causal-final | alantasért | alantasakért |
| translative | alantassá | alantasakká |
| terminative | alantasig | alantasakig |
| essive-formal | alantasként | alantasakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alantasban | alantasakban |
| superessive | alantason | alantasakon |
| adessive | alantasnál | alantasaknál |
| illative | alantasba | alantasakba |
| sublative | alantasra | alantasakra |
| allative | alantashoz | alantasakhoz |
| elative | alantasból | alantasakból |
| delative | alantasról | alantasakról |
| ablative | alantastól | alantasaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
alantasé | alantasaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
alantaséi | alantasakéi |
Derived terms
- alantasan
Noun
alantas (plural alantasok)
- (official) subordinate
- (military, archaic) subordinate
- Synonym: alattos
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alantas | alantasok |
| accusative | alantast | alantasokat |
| dative | alantasnak | alantasoknak |
| instrumental | alantassal | alantasokkal |
| causal-final | alantasért | alantasokért |
| translative | alantassá | alantasokká |
| terminative | alantasig | alantasokig |
| essive-formal | alantasként | alantasokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alantasban | alantasokban |
| superessive | alantason | alantasokon |
| adessive | alantasnál | alantasoknál |
| illative | alantasba | alantasokba |
| sublative | alantasra | alantasokra |
| allative | alantashoz | alantasokhoz |
| elative | alantasból | alantasokból |
| delative | alantasról | alantasokról |
| ablative | alantastól | alantasoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
alantasé | alantasoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
alantaséi | alantasokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | alantasom | alantasaim |
| 2nd person sing. | alantasod | alantasaid |
| 3rd person sing. | alantasa | alantasai |
| 1st person plural | alantasunk | alantasaink |
| 2nd person plural | alantasotok | alantasaitok |
| 3rd person plural | alantasuk | alantasaik |
Further reading
- alantas in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- alantas in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).