korai
English
Noun
korai
- plural of kore
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkorɒji]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ko‧rai
- Rhymes: -ji
Etymology 1
kora + -i (adjective-forming suffix)
Adjective
korai (comparative korábbi or koraibb, superlative legkorábbi or legkoraibb)
- early, premature
- Erről még túl korai beszélni. ― It's too early to talk about this.
- korai halál ― premature death
Usage notes
(Leg)korábbi is used in the sense “earlier/earliest”, and (leg)koraibb may be used (though uncommon) in the sense “(more/most) premature”.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | korai | koraiak |
| accusative | korait | koraiakat |
| dative | korainak | koraiaknak |
| instrumental | koraival | koraiakkal |
| causal-final | koraiért | koraiakért |
| translative | koraivá | koraiakká |
| terminative | koraiig | koraiakig |
| essive-formal | koraiként | koraiakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | koraiban | koraiakban |
| superessive | korain | koraiakon |
| adessive | korainál | koraiaknál |
| illative | koraiba | koraiakba |
| sublative | koraira | koraiakra |
| allative | koraihoz | koraiakhoz |
| elative | koraiból | koraiakból |
| delative | korairól | koraiakról |
| ablative | koraitól | koraiaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
koraié | koraiaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
koraiéi | koraiakéi |
Etymology 2
kor (“age, epoch”) + -ai (possessive suffix)
Noun
korai
- third-person singular multiple-possession possessive of kor
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | korai |
| accusative | — | korait |
| dative | — | korainak |
| instrumental | — | koraival |
| causal-final | — | koraiért |
| translative | — | koraivá |
| terminative | — | koraiig |
| essive-formal | — | koraiként |
| essive-modal | — | koraiul |
| inessive | — | koraiban |
| superessive | — | korain |
| adessive | — | korainál |
| illative | — | koraiba |
| sublative | — | koraira |
| allative | — | koraihoz |
| elative | — | koraiból |
| delative | — | korairól |
| ablative | — | koraitól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
— | koraié |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
— | koraiéi |
Further reading
- korai 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.
Japanese
Romanization
korai
Kokborok
Etymology
Atong (India) gorai (“horse”).
Noun
korai