kilences

Hungarian

Hungarian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: kilenc     Nominal: kilences     Ordinal: kilencedik     Day of month: kilencedike     A.o.: kilencedszer, kilencedjére     Adverbial: kilencszer     Multiplier: kilencszeres     Distributive: kilencesével     Collective: mind a kilenc     Fractional: kilenced     Number of people: kilencen

Alternative forms

• 9-es

Etymology

kilenc (“nine”) +‎ -es (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkilɛnt͡sɛʃ]
• Hyphenation: ki‧len‧ces
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

kilences (not comparable)

1. the number nine

   a kilences szoba ― room number nine

Usage notes

The following nominal numerals (adjectives or nouns), coined from numerals (with the suffix -s/-os/-as/-es/-ös in Hungarian), refer to items designated with a specific number, such as No. 1, No. 2 etc. (as opposed to 1st, 2nd etc.). Question word: hányas? Examples:

• (single digits) pronounced names or symbols of numbers: nullás (0-s), egyes (1-es), kettes (2-es), hármas (3-as), négyes (4-es), ötös (5-ös), hatos (6-os), hetes (7-es), nyolcas (8-as), kilences (9-es)
• (usually 1–300, 900–999) public transport lines (e.g. négyes-hatos)
• numbered seats, rooms, cubicles, or other compartments
• motorways, highways, e.g. hatvanhatos út (“Route 66”)
• school grades: egyes (“F”), kettes (“D”), hármas (“C”), négyes (“B”), ötös (“A”)
• (multiples of 1, 2, 5) coins: ötös, tízes, húszas​―​colloquially also for thousand bills―, ötvenes, százas, kétszázas; bills: ötszázas, ezres, kétezres, ötezres, tízezres, húszezres
• (tens) decades in a century, e.g. 1970-es, 1980-as, 1990-es, 2000-es, 2010-es, 2020-as (… évek ’years’)
• (tens) decades of a person’s age: tízes (10-es), húszas (20-as), harmincas (30-as), negyvenes (40-es), ötvenes (50-es), hatvanas (60-as), hetvenes (70-es), nyolcvanas (80-as), kilencvenes (90-es)
• packages or sets with a given number of items
• (small numbers, up to 4 or 5) groups of people
• (round numbers) orders of magnitude: tízes, százas, ezres, tízezres, százezres, milliós, milliárdos, billiós, etc.
• numerical systems: kettes, tízes, tizenhatos (16-os), etc.
• (between 0 and 59) trains, coaches, and flights departing or arriving at some time, attached to the number of minutes
• people or groups identified by symbolic dates and other numerals: huszon­nyolcas, harminc­kettes, negyven­nyolcas, ötven­hatos, hatvan­nyolcas, nyolcvan­kilences

Declension

Inflection of kilences
	singular	plural
nominative	kilences	kilencesek
accusative	kilenceset kilencest	kilenceseket
dative	kilencesnek	kilenceseknek
instrumental	kilencessel	kilencesekkel
causal-final	kilencesért	kilencesekért
translative	kilencessé	kilencesekké
terminative	kilencesig	kilencesekig
essive-formal	kilencesként	kilencesekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kilencesben	kilencesekben
superessive	kilencesen	kilenceseken
adessive	kilencesnél	kilenceseknél
illative	kilencesbe	kilencesekbe
sublative	kilencesre	kilencesekre
allative	kilenceshez	kilencesekhez
elative	kilencesből	kilencesekből
delative	kilencesről	kilencesekről
ablative	kilencestől	kilencesektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	kilencesé	kilenceseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kilenceséi	kilencesekéi

Noun

kilences (plural kilencesek)

1. the number or the digit nine
2. something identified by its number nine (a transport line, a playing card, a shirt in sports, etc.)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kilences	kilencesek
accusative	kilencest	kilenceseket
dative	kilencesnek	kilenceseknek
instrumental	kilencessel	kilencesekkel
causal-final	kilencesért	kilencesekért
translative	kilencessé	kilencesekké
terminative	kilencesig	kilencesekig
essive-formal	kilencesként	kilencesekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kilencesben	kilencesekben
superessive	kilencesen	kilenceseken
adessive	kilencesnél	kilenceseknél
illative	kilencesbe	kilencesekbe
sublative	kilencesre	kilencesekre
allative	kilenceshez	kilencesekhez
elative	kilencesből	kilencesekből
delative	kilencesről	kilencesekről
ablative	kilencestől	kilencesektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	kilencesé	kilenceseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kilenceséi	kilencesekéi

Possessive forms of kilences
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kilencesem	kilenceseim
2nd person sing.	kilencesed	kilenceseid
3rd person sing.	kilencese	kilencesei
1st person plural	kilencesünk	kilenceseink
2nd person plural	kilencesetek	kilenceseitek
3rd person plural	kilencesük	kilenceseik

Further reading

• kilences 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