alkat
See also: alkát
Hungarian
Etymology
From obsolete alk (“to match, fit; to reach an agreement, make a deal”) + -at (noun-forming suffix).[1] Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlkɒt]
- Hyphenation: al‧kat
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Noun
alkat (plural alkatok)
- build, physique, constitution (a person's physique)
- Synonym: testalkat
- temper, character, type (a person's temperament)
- intellektuális alkat ― intellectual type
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alkat | alkatok |
| accusative | alkatot | alkatokat |
| dative | alkatnak | alkatoknak |
| instrumental | alkattal | alkatokkal |
| causal-final | alkatért | alkatokért |
| translative | alkattá | alkatokká |
| terminative | alkatig | alkatokig |
| essive-formal | alkatként | alkatokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alkatban | alkatokban |
| superessive | alkaton | alkatokon |
| adessive | alkatnál | alkatoknál |
| illative | alkatba | alkatokba |
| sublative | alkatra | alkatokra |
| allative | alkathoz | alkatokhoz |
| elative | alkatból | alkatokból |
| delative | alkatról | alkatokról |
| ablative | alkattól | alkatoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
alkaté | alkatoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
alkatéi | alkatokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | alkatom | alkataim |
| 2nd person sing. | alkatod | alkataid |
| 3rd person sing. | alkata | alkatai |
| 1st person plural | alkatunk | alkataink |
| 2nd person plural | alkatotok | alkataitok |
| 3rd person plural | alkatuk | alkataik |
Derived terms
- alkati
- alkatú
Related terms
References
- ^ alkat in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- alkat 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.
- alkat 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).
Swedish
Adjective
alkat
- indefinite neuter singular of alkad