jobblét
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]jobb (“better”, comparative of jó (“good”)) + lét (“existence, life”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jobblét (uncountable)
- (euphemistic) Only in this phrase: jobblétre szenderül (“to die”).
- (rare, literary) a more favourable financial situation, better life circumstances
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | jobblét | — |
| accusative | jobblétet | — |
| dative | jobblétnek | — |
| instrumental | jobbléttel | — |
| causal-final | jobblétért | — |
| translative | jobblétté | — |
| terminative | jobblétig | — |
| essive-formal | jobblétként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | jobblétben | — |
| superessive | jobbléten | — |
| adessive | jobblétnél | — |
| illative | jobblétbe | — |
| sublative | jobblétre | — |
| allative | jobbléthez | — |
| elative | jobblétből | — |
| delative | jobblétről | — |
| ablative | jobbléttől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
jobblété | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
jobblétéi | — |
| Possessive forms of jobblét | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | jobblétem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | jobbléted | — |
| 3rd person sing. | jobbléte | — |
| 1st person plural | jobblétünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | jobblétetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | jobblétük | — |
Further reading
[edit]- jobblét 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