magas
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- magos (dialectal)
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from mag + -as.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒɡɒʃ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ma‧gas
- Rhymes: -ɒʃ
Adjective
magas (comparative magasabb, superlative legmagasabb)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | magas | magasak |
| accusative | magasat | magasakat |
| dative | magasnak | magasaknak |
| instrumental | magassal | magasakkal |
| causal-final | magasért | magasakért |
| translative | magassá | magasakká |
| terminative | magasig | magasakig |
| essive-formal | magasként | magasakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | magasban | magasakban |
| superessive | magason | magasakon |
| adessive | magasnál | magasaknál |
| illative | magasba | magasakba |
| sublative | magasra | magasakra |
| allative | magashoz | magasakhoz |
| elative | magasból | magasakból |
| delative | magasról | magasakról |
| ablative | magastól | magasaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
magasé | magasaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
magaséi | magasakéi |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
Noun
magas (uncountable)
- (in phrases) a place high above, a place aloft, air, sky (the part of space at a great distance from the surface of the earth)
- (rare, poetic) peak (the top or upper part e.g. of a mountain)
Declension
As a noun, it is used only with certain suffixes: magasba, magasban, magasból, magasra, magasról and in sports magasat (… ugrik (“to do the high jump”)). Its possessive form magasa is rare; used only in the second sense (referring to the top or upper part of a mountain).
References
- ^ magas in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- magas 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.
Latin
Adjective
magās
- accusative feminine plural of magus
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.ɡɑs/, [ˈmɑː.ɣɑs]
Noun
māgas
- nominative/accusative plural of mǣġ
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈma.ɣɐʃ]
Adjective
magas
- feminine plural of mago
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɡas/ [ˈma.ɣ̞as]
- Rhymes: -aɡas
- Syllabification: ma‧gas
Adjective
magas
- feminine plural of mago
Noun
magas f pl
- plural of maga