várás
Hungarian
editEtymology
editvár (“to wait”) + -ás (noun-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvárás (uncountable)
- (chiefly in compounds or with a possessive suffix) verbal noun of vár: (the act of) waiting (for someone or something)
Usage notes
editIt is rarely used on its own; the verbal noun várakozás is preferred instead (from the synonymous verb várakozik).
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | várás | — |
| accusative | várást | — |
| dative | várásnak | — |
| instrumental | várással | — |
| causal-final | várásért | — |
| translative | várássá | — |
| terminative | várásig | — |
| essive-formal | várásként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | várásban | — |
| superessive | váráson | — |
| adessive | várásnál | — |
| illative | várásba | — |
| sublative | várásra | — |
| allative | váráshoz | — |
| elative | várásból | — |
| delative | várásról | — |
| ablative | várástól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
várásé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
váráséi | — |
| Possessive forms of várás | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | várásom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | várásod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | várása | — |
| 1st person plural | várásunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | várásotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | várásuk | — |
Derived terms
editCompound words
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- várás 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