Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From an otherwise unattested stem + -talan (-less, without; adjective-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈidomtɒlɒn]
  • Hyphenation: idom‧ta‧lan

Adjective edit

idomtalan (comparative idomtalanabb, superlative legidomtalanabb)

  1. (literary) ungainly (strikingly large and clumsy)
    Synonyms: formátlan, ormótlan
  2. (archaic) shapeless, malformed, misshapen (having a bad or ugly form)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative idomtalan idomtalanok
accusative idomtalant idomtalanokat
dative idomtalannak idomtalanoknak
instrumental idomtalannal idomtalanokkal
causal-final idomtalanért idomtalanokért
translative idomtalanná idomtalanokká
terminative idomtalanig idomtalanokig
essive-formal idomtalanként idomtalanokként
essive-modal idomtalanul
inessive idomtalanban idomtalanokban
superessive idomtalanon idomtalanokon
adessive idomtalannál idomtalanoknál
illative idomtalanba idomtalanokba
sublative idomtalanra idomtalanokra
allative idomtalanhoz idomtalanokhoz
elative idomtalanból idomtalanokból
delative idomtalanról idomtalanokról
ablative idomtalantól idomtalanoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
idomtalané idomtalanoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
idomtalanéi idomtalanokéi

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ idomtalan 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