korai
English edit
Noun edit
korai
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
kora + -i (adjective-forming suffix)
Adjective edit
korai (comparative korábbi or koraibb, superlative legkorábbi or legkoraibb)
- early, premature
- Erről még túl korai beszélni. ― It's too early to talk about this.
- korai halál ― premature death
Usage notes edit
(Leg)korábbi is used in the sense “earlier/earliest”, and (leg)koraibb may be used (though uncommon) in the sense “(more/most) premature”.
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | korai | koraiak |
| accusative | korait | koraiakat |
| dative | korainak | koraiaknak |
| instrumental | koraival | koraiakkal |
| causal-final | koraiért | koraiakért |
| translative | koraivá | koraiakká |
| terminative | koraiig | koraiakig |
| essive-formal | koraiként | koraiakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | koraiban | koraiakban |
| superessive | korain | koraiakon |
| adessive | korainál | koraiaknál |
| illative | koraiba | koraiakba |
| sublative | koraira | koraiakra |
| allative | koraihoz | koraiakhoz |
| elative | koraiból | koraiakból |
| delative | korairól | koraiakról |
| ablative | koraitól | koraiaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
koraié | koraiaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
koraiéi | koraiakéi |
Etymology 2 edit
kor (“age, epoch”) + -ai (possessive suffix)
Noun edit
korai
- third-person singular multiple-possession possessive of kor
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | — | korai |
| accusative | — | korait |
| dative | — | korainak |
| instrumental | — | koraival |
| causal-final | — | koraiért |
| translative | — | koraivá |
| terminative | — | koraiig |
| essive-formal | — | koraiként |
| essive-modal | — | koraiul |
| inessive | — | koraiban |
| superessive | — | korain |
| adessive | — | korainál |
| illative | — | koraiba |
| sublative | — | koraira |
| allative | — | koraihoz |
| elative | — | koraiból |
| delative | — | korairól |
| ablative | — | koraitól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
— | koraié |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
— | koraiéi |
Further reading edit
- korai 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
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
korai
Kokborok edit
Etymology edit
Atong (India) gorai (“horse”).
Noun edit
korai