embertelen
Hungarian
Etymology
From ember (“human being”) + -telen (“-less, without, lacking”, privative adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛmbɛrtɛlɛn]
- Hyphenation: em‧ber‧te‧len
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Adjective
embertelen (comparative embertelenebb, superlative legembertelenebb)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | embertelen | embertelenek |
| accusative | embertelent | emberteleneket |
| dative | embertelennek | emberteleneknek |
| instrumental | embertelennel | embertelenekkel |
| causal-final | embertelenért | embertelenekért |
| translative | embertelenné | embertelenekké |
| terminative | embertelenig | embertelenekig |
| essive-formal | embertelenként | embertelenekként |
| essive-modal | embertelenül | — |
| inessive | embertelenben | embertelenekben |
| superessive | embertelenen | emberteleneken |
| adessive | embertelennél | emberteleneknél |
| illative | embertelenbe | embertelenekbe |
| sublative | embertelenre | embertelenekre |
| allative | embertelenhez | embertelenekhez |
| elative | embertelenből | embertelenekből |
| delative | embertelenről | embertelenekről |
| ablative | embertelentől | embertelenektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
embertelené | emberteleneké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
embertelenéi | embertelenekéi |
Derived terms
- embertelenkedik
- embertelenség
- embertelenül
Further reading
- embertelen 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.
- embertelen 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).