-tlan
Classical Nahuatl edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-tlan
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Derived as a shortening of -talan (“-less, without”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-tlan (comparative -tlanabb, superlative leg- -tlanabb)
- (adjective-forming suffix) -less, un-, dis- (a privative suffix added to a noun to form an adjective with a meaning of lacking something)
Usage notes edit
- (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
- -talan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -telen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -tlan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -tlen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -atlan is added to back-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -etlen is added to front-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -tlan | -tlanok |
| accusative | -tlant | -tlanokat |
| dative | -tlannak | -tlanoknak |
| instrumental | -tlannal | -tlanokkal |
| causal-final | -tlanért | -tlanokért |
| translative | -tlanná | -tlanokká |
| terminative | -tlanig | -tlanokig |
| essive-formal | -tlanként | -tlanokként |
| essive-modal | -tlanul | -tlanokul |
| inessive | -tlanban | -tlanokban |
| superessive | -tlanon | -tlanokon |
| adessive | -tlannál | -tlanoknál |
| illative | -tlanba | -tlanokba |
| sublative | -tlanra | -tlanokra |
| allative | -tlanhoz | -tlanokhoz |
| elative | -tlanból | -tlanokból |
| delative | -tlanról | -tlanokról |
| ablative | -tlantól | -tlanoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-tlané | -tlanoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-tlanéi | -tlanokéi |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ -tlan 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.)