mostani
Hungarian
Etymology
mostan (“now”) + -i (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmoʃtɒni]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mos‧ta‧ni
- Rhymes: -ni
Adjective
mostani (not comparable)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mostani | mostaniak |
| accusative | mostanit | mostaniakat |
| dative | mostaninak | mostaniaknak |
| instrumental | mostanival | mostaniakkal |
| causal-final | mostaniért | mostaniakért |
| translative | mostanivá | mostaniakká |
| terminative | mostaniig | mostaniakig |
| essive-formal | mostaniként | mostaniakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mostaniban | mostaniakban |
| superessive | mostanin | mostaniakon |
| adessive | mostaninál | mostaniaknál |
| illative | mostaniba | mostaniakba |
| sublative | mostanira | mostaniakra |
| allative | mostanihoz | mostaniakhoz |
| elative | mostaniból | mostaniakból |
| delative | mostaniról | mostaniakról |
| ablative | mostanitól | mostaniaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
mostanié | mostaniaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
mostaniéi | mostaniakéi |
Noun
mostani (plural mostaniak)
- (rare, plural only) people living now, in the present
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | mostaniak |
| accusative | — | mostaniakat |
| dative | — | mostaniaknak |
| instrumental | — | mostaniakkal |
| causal-final | — | mostaniakért |
| translative | — | mostaniakká |
| terminative | — | mostaniakig |
| essive-formal | — | mostaniakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | — | mostaniakban |
| superessive | — | mostaniakon |
| adessive | — | mostaniaknál |
| illative | — | mostaniakba |
| sublative | — | mostaniakra |
| allative | — | mostaniakhoz |
| elative | — | mostaniakból |
| delative | — | mostaniakról |
| ablative | — | mostaniaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
— | mostaniaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
— | mostaniakéi |
Further reading
- mostani 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.