Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

imádni (to adore) +‎ való (fitting, suitable)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈimaːdnivɒloː]
  • Hyphenation: imád‧ni va‧ló

Adjective edit

imádni való (comparative imádni valóbb, superlative legimádnivalóbb)[1]

  1. adorable (befitting of being adored)

Usage notes edit

According to Section 95 of The Rules of Hungarian Orthography,[2] it is written as two words when its adjectival part of speech is retained. It can only be written as one word in the (unlikely) case when it becomes a noun.

Declension edit

  • For the adjective, see való.
  • The infinitive imádni remains unchanged.

References edit

  1. ^ Section 128 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
  2. ^ Section 95 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN, see also the explanation at the automated spelling advisory service of the Research Institute for Linguistics on writing phrases as one word or as separate words after entering imádni való