szilárd

See also: Szilard and Szilárd

Hungarian

Etymology

From szil (“elm”) +‎ -árd. The suffix was taken from the adjective csalárd (“fraudulent, deceitful”) (csal (“to cheat”) +‎ -árd) and irregularly appended to the noun. Created by Pál Szemere during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsilaːrd]
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Hyphenation: szi‧lárd
Rhymes: -aːrd

Adjective

szilárd (comparative szilárdabb, superlative legszilárdabb)

solid, firm
Coordinate terms: folyékony, légnemű, plazmaállapotú

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	szilárd	szilárdak
accusative	szilárdat	szilárdakat
dative	szilárdnak	szilárdaknak
instrumental	szilárddal	szilárdakkal
causal-final	szilárdért	szilárdakért
translative	szilárddá	szilárdakká
terminative	szilárdig	szilárdakig
essive-formal	szilárdként	szilárdakként
essive-modal	szilárdul	—
inessive	szilárdban	szilárdakban
superessive	szilárdon	szilárdakon
adessive	szilárdnál	szilárdaknál
illative	szilárdba	szilárdakba
sublative	szilárdra	szilárdakra
allative	szilárdhoz	szilárdakhoz
elative	szilárdból	szilárdakból
delative	szilárdról	szilárdakról
ablative	szilárdtól	szilárdaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	szilárdé	szilárdaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	szilárdéi	szilárdakéi

Derived terms

References

^ szilárd 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.)