bozontos
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bozótos (“overgrown with shrubs and underbrush”), from bozót (“thicket”) + -os (adjective-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bozontos (comparative bozontosabb, superlative legbozontosabb)
- shaggy, uncombed, bushy (hair, beard, eyebrow, fur)
- Synonym: kócos
- Az öreg tengerésznek sűrű, bozontos szakálla volt. ― The old sailor had a thick, bushy beard.
- A kutyám egy nagy, bozontos újfundlandi. ― My dog is a big, shaggy Newfoundland.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bozontos | bozontosak |
| accusative | bozontosat | bozontosakat |
| dative | bozontosnak | bozontosaknak |
| instrumental | bozontossal | bozontosakkal |
| causal-final | bozontosért | bozontosakért |
| translative | bozontossá | bozontosakká |
| terminative | bozontosig | bozontosakig |
| essive-formal | bozontosként | bozontosakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bozontosban | bozontosakban |
| superessive | bozontoson | bozontosakon |
| adessive | bozontosnál | bozontosaknál |
| illative | bozontosba | bozontosakba |
| sublative | bozontosra | bozontosakra |
| allative | bozontoshoz | bozontosakhoz |
| elative | bozontosból | bozontosakból |
| delative | bozontosról | bozontosakról |
| ablative | bozontostól | bozontosaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
bozontosé | bozontosaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
bozontoséi | bozontosakéi |
Derived terms
[edit]- bozont (back-formation)
References
[edit]- ^ bozontos 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.)
Further reading
[edit]- bozontos 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
- bozontos in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).