Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

alak (form, shape) +‎ -talan (-less, privative adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒktɒlɒn]
  • Hyphenation: alak‧ta‧lan

Adjective edit

alaktalan (comparative alaktalanabb, superlative legalaktalanabb)

  1. formless, shapeless

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alaktalan alaktalanok
accusative alaktalant alaktalanokat
dative alaktalannak alaktalanoknak
instrumental alaktalannal alaktalanokkal
causal-final alaktalanért alaktalanokért
translative alaktalanná alaktalanokká
terminative alaktalanig alaktalanokig
essive-formal alaktalanként alaktalanokként
essive-modal alaktalanul
inessive alaktalanban alaktalanokban
superessive alaktalanon alaktalanokon
adessive alaktalannál alaktalanoknál
illative alaktalanba alaktalanokba
sublative alaktalanra alaktalanokra
allative alaktalanhoz alaktalanokhoz
elative alaktalanból alaktalanokból
delative alaktalanról alaktalanokról
ablative alaktalantól alaktalanoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
alaktalané alaktalanoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
alaktalanéi alaktalanokéi

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • alaktalan 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
  • alaktalan in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)