gránit

See also: granit, granít, and Granit

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Granit (“granite”), from Italian granito (“granite”), from Medieval Latin granitum, from granum (“grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡraːnit]
• Hyphenation: grá‧nit
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

gránit (countable and uncountable, plural gránitok)

1. granite (rock)

Usage notes

This term (or its primary sense) is a material noun: any part of its denotation is called the same as the whole, so its meaning resembles that of an adjective (expressing a feature).^[1] As an uncountable noun, it is not used in the plural in its primary sense. When it still occurs, it refers to objects made out of this material (like coins or medals such as golds), portions held in containers (like coffees (“cups of cofee”)), or varieties (like wines (“types of wine”)).^[2][3]

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	gránit	gránitok
accusative	gránitot	gránitokat
dative	gránitnak	gránitoknak
instrumental	gránittal	gránitokkal
causal-final	gránitért	gránitokért
translative	gránittá	gránitokká
terminative	gránitig	gránitokig
essive-formal	gránitként	gránitokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gránitban	gránitokban
superessive	grániton	gránitokon
adessive	gránitnál	gránitoknál
illative	gránitba	gránitokba
sublative	gránitra	gránitokra
allative	gránithoz	gránitokhoz
elative	gránitból	gránitokból
delative	gránitról	gránitokról
ablative	gránittól	gránitoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	gránité	gránitoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gránitéi	gránitokéi

Possessive forms of gránit
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gránitom	gránitjaim
2nd person sing.	gránitod	gránitjaid
3rd person sing.	gránitja	gránitjai
1st person plural	gránitunk	gránitjaink
2nd person plural	gránitotok	gránitjaitok
3rd person plural	gránitjuk	gránitjaik

Adjective

gránit (not comparable)

1. granitic

   Synonym: gránitból készült/lévő/való

   gránit ablakpárkány ― granitic window-sill

Usage notes

In terms of Hungarian spelling, compounds formed with a material noun are written as solid only if both elements are single words (like aranylánc (“gold chain”)). However, if either element is a compound word (or both are), they are written as separate words: arany nyaklánc (“gold necklace”), fehérarany lánc (“white-gold chain”), and fehérarany nyaklánc (“white-gold necklace”).^[4] (See also the analogous rule for adjectives containing a numeral.)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	gránit	gránitok
accusative	gránitot	gránitokat
dative	gránitnak	gránitoknak
instrumental	gránittal	gránitokkal
causal-final	gránitért	gránitokért
translative	gránittá	gránitokká
terminative	gránitig	gránitokig
essive-formal	gránitként	gránitokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gránitban	gránitokban
superessive	grániton	gránitokon
adessive	gránitnál	gránitoknál
illative	gránitba	gránitokba
sublative	gránitra	gránitokra
allative	gránithoz	gránitokhoz
elative	gránitból	gránitokból
delative	gránitról	gránitokról
ablative	gránittól	gránitoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	gránité	gránitoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gránitéi	gránitokéi

Further reading

• gránit in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN