Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

emelet +‎ -es

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmɛlɛtɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation: eme‧le‧tes
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective edit

emeletes (not comparable)

  1. multi-storey
    emeletes háztwo-storey house
    emeletes ágybunk bed
    emeletes buszdouble-decker bus
  2. -storey (having the specified number of storeys)
    kilencemeletes épületnine-storey building
    tizenhét emeletes szállóseventeen-storey hotel (or seventeen multi-storey hotels, based on the other sense)

Usage notes edit

Compound adjectives with a numeral and the name of a unit (as in “a one-hour walk” or “a three-storey building”) are written as solid if both constituents are single words, e.g. egyórás séta (a one-hour walk), from egy and órás). By contrast, if either element is a compound word (or both of them are), their compound will be written as separate words, e.g. tizenegy órás út (a trip/flight of eleven hours)), from tizen+egy + órás or egy hónapos utazás (a journey of one month), from egy + hó+napos.[1] (See also the analogous rule for material designations.) In practice, this rule is sometimes disregarded, especially in casual texts and in case of less common compounds.

The -van/-ven (-ty) in round tens are suffixes, so e.g. negyvennapos (forty‑day) is written as solid. On the other hand, compounds with a number always written separately, e.g. 6 éves. Also, adjectives (and nouns) for the denomination of coins, banknotes, and revenue stamps are written as solid, e.g. kétezerforintos bankjegy (a 2000‑forint bill), despite kétezerforintos having the compound kétezer (2000).

Declension edit

Inflection of emeletes
singular plural
nominative emeletes emeletesek
accusative emeleteset
emeletest
emeleteseket
dative emeletesnek emeleteseknek
instrumental emeletessel emeletesekkel
causal-final emeletesért emeletesekért
translative emeletessé emeletesekké
terminative emeletesig emeletesekig
essive-formal emeletesként emeletesekként
essive-modal
inessive emeletesben emeletesekben
superessive emeletesen emeleteseken
adessive emeletesnél emeleteseknél
illative emeletesbe emeletesekbe
sublative emeletesre emeletesekre
allative emeleteshez emeletesekhez
elative emeletesből emeletesekből
delative emeletesről emeletesekről
ablative emeletestől emeletesektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
emeletesé emeleteseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
emeleteséi emeletesekéi

Further reading edit

  • emeletes 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
  • emeletes 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)