hatalom
Hungarian
Etymology
hat (“to take effect, to work”) + -alom (noun-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒtɒlom]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ha‧ta‧lom
Noun
hatalom (countable and uncountable, plural hatalmak)
- power (control and influence over another)
- a tudás hatalom ― knowledge is power
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hatalom | hatalmak |
| accusative | hatalmat | hatalmakat |
| dative | hatalomnak | hatalmaknak |
| instrumental | hatalommal | hatalmakkal |
| causal-final | hatalomért | hatalmakért |
| translative | hatalommá | hatalmakká |
| terminative | hatalomig | hatalmakig |
| essive-formal | hatalomként | hatalmakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hatalomban | hatalmakban |
| superessive | hatalmon | hatalmakon |
| adessive | hatalomnál | hatalmaknál |
| illative | hatalomba | hatalmakba |
| sublative | hatalomra | hatalmakra |
| allative | hatalomhoz | hatalmakhoz |
| elative | hatalomból | hatalmakból |
| delative | hatalomról | hatalmakról |
| ablative | hatalomtól | hatalmaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
hatalomé | hatalmaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
hataloméi | hatalmakéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | hatalmam | hatalmaim |
| 2nd person sing. | hatalmad | hatalmaid |
| 3rd person sing. | hatalma | hatalmai |
| 1st person plural | hatalmunk | hatalmaink |
| 2nd person plural | hatalmatok | hatalmaitok |
| 3rd person plural | hatalmuk | hatalmaik |
Derived terms
- hatalmas
- hatalmaskodik
- hatalmi
- hatalmú
Compound words
Expressions
Further reading
- hatalom 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.