hirtelen
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hír (“news”) + -telen (“-less”), referring to the fact that events may happen without prior notice or news.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hirtelen (comparative hirtelenebb, superlative leghirtelenebb)
- sudden, abrupt, rapid
- (of a person or someone’s gesture) impulsive, impetuous
- Synonyms: lobbanékony, heves, indulatos
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hirtelen | hirtelenek |
| accusative | hirtelent | hirteleneket |
| dative | hirtelennek | hirteleneknek |
| instrumental | hirtelennel | hirtelenekkel |
| causal-final | hirtelenért | hirtelenekért |
| translative | hirtelenné | hirtelenekké |
| terminative | hirtelenig | hirtelenekig |
| essive-formal | hirtelenként | hirtelenekként |
| essive-modal | hirtelenül | — |
| inessive | hirtelenben | hirtelenekben |
| superessive | hirtelenen | hirteleneken |
| adessive | hirtelennél | hirteleneknél |
| illative | hirtelenbe | hirtelenekbe |
| sublative | hirtelenre | hirtelenekre |
| allative | hirtelenhez | hirtelenekhez |
| elative | hirtelenből | hirtelenekből |
| delative | hirtelenről | hirtelenekről |
| ablative | hirtelentől | hirtelenektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
hirtelené | hirteleneké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
hirtelenéi | hirtelenekéi |
Adverb
[edit]hirtelen
- suddenly, all of a sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
- Synonyms: váratlanul, egyszer csak, egyszerre csak
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- hirtelen 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