-atlan

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɒtlɒn/
• Hyphenation: at‧lan

Suffix

-atlan

1. -less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a word to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something.

   fog (“tooth”) → fogatlan (“toothless”)

   tanul (“to study”) → tanulatlan (“uneducated”)

Usage notes

• Member of the following suffix cluster:

  -talan is added to back vowel words

  -telen is added to front vowel words

  -tlan is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.

  -tlen is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -atlan is added to back vowel words

  -etlen is added to front vowel words

• Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:

  gond (“care”) → gondtalan (“carefree”)

  gond (“care”) → gondatlan (“careless”)

Derived terms

• -hatatlan

See also

• Category:Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -atlan
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes