alkalmatlan
Hungarian
Etymology
From alkalom (“occasion, opportunity”) + -atlan (“in-, un-”, privative adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlkɒlmɒtlɒn]
- Hyphenation: al‧kal‧mat‧lan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Adjective
alkalmatlan (comparative alkalmatlanabb, superlative legalkalmatlanabb)
- inappropriate, inconvenient (not suitable for certain circumstances or situations; unsuitable for a purpose, useless)
- Antonym: alkalmas
- (of a person) unfit, unsuited (unsuitable for performing a certain task)
- Antonym: alkalmas
- (of a person) inopportune (who is a burden to someone, whose presence is uncomfortable, disturbing)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alkalmatlan | alkalmatlanok |
| accusative | alkalmatlant | alkalmatlanokat |
| dative | alkalmatlannak | alkalmatlanoknak |
| instrumental | alkalmatlannal | alkalmatlanokkal |
| causal-final | alkalmatlanért | alkalmatlanokért |
| translative | alkalmatlanná | alkalmatlanokká |
| terminative | alkalmatlanig | alkalmatlanokig |
| essive-formal | alkalmatlanként | alkalmatlanokként |
| essive-modal | alkalmatlanul | — |
| inessive | alkalmatlanban | alkalmatlanokban |
| superessive | alkalmatlanon | alkalmatlanokon |
| adessive | alkalmatlannál | alkalmatlanoknál |
| illative | alkalmatlanba | alkalmatlanokba |
| sublative | alkalmatlanra | alkalmatlanokra |
| allative | alkalmatlanhoz | alkalmatlanokhoz |
| elative | alkalmatlanból | alkalmatlanokból |
| delative | alkalmatlanról | alkalmatlanokról |
| ablative | alkalmatlantól | alkalmatlanoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
alkalmatlané | alkalmatlanoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
alkalmatlanéi | alkalmatlanokéi |
Derived terms
- alkalmatlankodik
- alkalmatlanság
Further reading
- alkalmatlan 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.
- alkalmatlan 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).