talaj
Hungarian
Etymology
From talpalj, in turn from talp (“sole of the foot”) + alj (“bottom, lower part of something”). Compare the possible derivation of Navajo kéyah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɒlɒj]
- Hyphenation: ta‧laj
- Rhymes: -ɒj
Noun
talaj (plural talajok)
- soil (mixture of sand and organic material)
- (sports) floor (gymnastics event or the surface used for it)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | talaj | talajok |
| accusative | talajt | talajokat |
| dative | talajnak | talajoknak |
| instrumental | talajjal | talajokkal |
| causal-final | talajért | talajokért |
| translative | talajjá | talajokká |
| terminative | talajig | talajokig |
| essive-formal | talajként | talajokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | talajban | talajokban |
| superessive | talajon | talajokon |
| adessive | talajnál | talajoknál |
| illative | talajba | talajokba |
| sublative | talajra | talajokra |
| allative | talajhoz | talajokhoz |
| elative | talajból | talajokból |
| delative | talajról | talajokról |
| ablative | talajtól | talajoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
talajé | talajoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
talajéi | talajokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | talajom | talajaim |
| 2nd person sing. | talajod | talajaid |
| 3rd person sing. | talaja | talajai |
| 1st person plural | talajunk | talajaink |
| 2nd person plural | talajotok | talajaitok |
| 3rd person plural | talajuk | talajaik |
Derived terms
Further reading
- talaj 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.
Romanian
Noun
talaj n (uncountable)
- alternative form of talaș
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | talaj | talajul |
| genitive-dative | talaj | talajului |
| vocative | talajule | |