várás
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
vár (“to wait”) + -ás (noun-forming suffix)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
várás (uncountable)
- (chiefly in compounds or with a possessive suffix) verbal noun of vár: (the act of) waiting (for someone or something)
Usage notes edit
It is rarely used on its own; the verbal noun várakozás is preferred instead (from the synonymous verb várakozik).
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | várás | — |
accusative | várást | — |
dative | várásnak | — |
instrumental | várással | — |
causal-final | várásért | — |
translative | várássá | — |
terminative | várásig | — |
essive-formal | várásként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | várásban | — |
superessive | váráson | — |
adessive | várásnál | — |
illative | várásba | — |
sublative | várásra | — |
allative | váráshoz | — |
elative | várásból | — |
delative | várásról | — |
ablative | várástól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
várásé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
váráséi | — |
Possessive forms of várás | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | várásom | — |
2nd person sing. | várásod | — |
3rd person sing. | várása | — |
1st person plural | várásunk | — |
2nd person plural | várásotok | — |
3rd person plural | várásuk | — |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- várás 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