kolostor

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortening of dialectal kalastorom (“monastery”), ultimately from Medieval Latin claustrum, the intermediate form *kalastor was influenced by monostor (“monastery”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Cognate with English cloister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoloʃtor]
• Hyphenation: ko‧los‧tor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

kolostor (plural kolostorok)

1. monastery

   Synonyms: klastrom, monostor, rendház

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kolostor	kolostorok
accusative	kolostort	kolostorokat
dative	kolostornak	kolostoroknak
instrumental	kolostorral	kolostorokkal
causal-final	kolostorért	kolostorokért
translative	kolostorrá	kolostorokká
terminative	kolostorig	kolostorokig
essive-formal	kolostorként	kolostorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kolostorban	kolostorokban
superessive	kolostoron	kolostorokon
adessive	kolostornál	kolostoroknál
illative	kolostorba	kolostorokba
sublative	kolostorra	kolostorokra
allative	kolostorhoz	kolostorokhoz
elative	kolostorból	kolostorokból
delative	kolostorról	kolostorokról
ablative	kolostortól	kolostoroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kolostoré	kolostoroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kolostoréi	kolostorokéi

Possessive forms of kolostor
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kolostorom	kolostoraim
2nd person sing.	kolostorod	kolostoraid
3rd person sing.	kolostora	kolostorai
1st person plural	kolostorunk	kolostoraink
2nd person plural	kolostorotok	kolostoraitok
3rd person plural	kolostoruk	kolostoraik

Further reading

• kolostor 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