magas
Hungarian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Perhaps from mag + -as.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
magas (comparative magasabb, superlative legmagasabb)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | magas | magasak |
accusative | magasat | magasakat |
dative | magasnak | magasaknak |
instrumental | magassal | magasakkal |
causal-final | magasért | magasakért |
translative | magassá | magasakká |
terminative | magasig | magasakig |
essive-formal | magasként | magasakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | magasban | magasakban |
superessive | magason | magasakon |
adessive | magasnál | magasaknál |
illative | magasba | magasakba |
sublative | magasra | magasakra |
allative | magashoz | magasakhoz |
elative | magasból | magasakból |
delative | magasról | magasakról |
ablative | magastól | magasaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
magasé | magasaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
magaséi | magasakéi |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
Noun edit
magas (uncountable)
- (in phrases) a place high above, a place aloft, air, sky (the part of space at a great distance from the surface of the earth)
- (rare, poetic) peak (the top or upper part e.g. of a mountain)
Declension edit
As a noun, it is used only with certain suffixes: magasba, magasban, magasból, magasra, magasról and in sports magasat (… ugrik (“to do the high jump”)). Its possessive form magasa is rare; used only in the second sense (referring to the top or upper part of a mountain).
References edit
- ^ magas in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- magas 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
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magās
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magas
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magas
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magas f pl