várás
Hungarian
Etymology
vár (“to wait”) + -ás (noun-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvaːraːʃ]
- Hyphenation: vá‧rás
- Rhymes: -aːʃ
Noun
várás (uncountable)
- (chiefly in compounds or with a possessive suffix) verbal noun of vár: (the act of) waiting (for someone or something)
Usage notes
It is rarely used on its own; the verbal noun várakozás is preferred instead (from the synonymous verb várakozik).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | várás | — |
| accusative | várást | — |
| dative | várásnak | — |
| instrumental | várással | — |
| causal-final | várásért | — |
| translative | várássá | — |
| terminative | várásig | — |
| essive-formal | várásként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | várásban | — |
| superessive | váráson | — |
| adessive | várásnál | — |
| illative | várásba | — |
| sublative | várásra | — |
| allative | váráshoz | — |
| elative | várásból | — |
| delative | várásról | — |
| ablative | várástól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
várásé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
váráséi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | várásom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | várásod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | várása | — |
| 1st person plural | várásunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | várásotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | várásuk | — |
Derived terms
Compound words
- csodavárás
- gyermekvárás
- messiásvárás
- tavaszvárás
- világvégevárás
Related terms
Further reading
- várás 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.