Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

horog (hook) +‎ -as (having; adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈhorɡɒʃ]
  • Hyphenation: hor‧gas
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Adjective edit

horgas (comparative horgasabb, superlative leghorgasabb)

  1. beaked, aquiline, crooked, hooked
    horgas orrbeaked nose
  2. (anatomy) hamate

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative horgas horgasak
accusative horgasat horgasakat
dative horgasnak horgasaknak
instrumental horgassal horgasakkal
causal-final horgasért horgasakért
translative horgassá horgasakká
terminative horgasig horgasakig
essive-formal horgasként horgasakként
essive-modal
inessive horgasban horgasakban
superessive horgason horgasakon
adessive horgasnál horgasaknál
illative horgasba horgasakba
sublative horgasra horgasakra
allative horgashoz horgasakhoz
elative horgasból horgasakból
delative horgasról horgasakról
ablative horgastól horgasaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
horgasé horgasaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
horgaséi horgasakéi

Derived terms edit

Compound words

Further reading edit

  • horgas 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