Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from diadalom. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdijɒdɒl]
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧dal
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun edit

diadal (plural diadalok)

  1. (slightly literary) triumph, (in compounds) triumphal
    Synonym: győzelem
    Hypernym: siker
    diadalívtriumphal arch

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative diadal diadalok
accusative diadalt diadalokat
dative diadalnak diadaloknak
instrumental diadallal diadalokkal
causal-final diadalért diadalokért
translative diadallá diadalokká
terminative diadalig diadalokig
essive-formal diadalként diadalokként
essive-modal
inessive diadalban diadalokban
superessive diadalon diadalokon
adessive diadalnál diadaloknál
illative diadalba diadalokba
sublative diadalra diadalokra
allative diadalhoz diadalokhoz
elative diadalból diadalokból
delative diadalról diadalokról
ablative diadaltól diadaloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
diadalé diadaloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
diadaléi diadalokéi
Possessive forms of diadal
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. diadalom diadalaim
2nd person sing. diadalod diadalaid
3rd person sing. diadala diadalai
1st person plural diadalunk diadalaink
2nd person plural diadalotok diadalaitok
3rd person plural diadaluk diadalaik

Derived terms edit

Compound words
Expressions

References edit

  1. ^ diadal in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • diadal 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
  • diadal 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)