mostani

Hungarian

Etymology

mostan (“now”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoʃtɒni]

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• Hyphenation: mos‧ta‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Adjective

mostani (not comparable)

1. current, present, today's

   Synonym: jelenlegi

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	mostani	mostaniak
accusative	mostanit	mostaniakat
dative	mostaninak	mostaniaknak
instrumental	mostanival	mostaniakkal
causal-final	mostaniért	mostaniakért
translative	mostanivá	mostaniakká
terminative	mostaniig	mostaniakig
essive-formal	mostaniként	mostaniakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mostaniban	mostaniakban
superessive	mostanin	mostaniakon
adessive	mostaninál	mostaniaknál
illative	mostaniba	mostaniakba
sublative	mostanira	mostaniakra
allative	mostanihoz	mostaniakhoz
elative	mostaniból	mostaniakból
delative	mostaniról	mostaniakról
ablative	mostanitól	mostaniaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	mostanié	mostaniaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	mostaniéi	mostaniakéi

Noun

mostani (plural mostaniak)

1. (rare, plural only) people living now, in the present

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	—	mostaniak
accusative	—	mostaniakat
dative	—	mostaniaknak
instrumental	—	mostaniakkal
causal-final	—	mostaniakért
translative	—	mostaniakká
terminative	—	mostaniakig
essive-formal	—	mostaniakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	—	mostaniakban
superessive	—	mostaniakon
adessive	—	mostaniaknál
illative	—	mostaniakba
sublative	—	mostaniakra
allative	—	mostaniakhoz
elative	—	mostaniakból
delative	—	mostaniakról
ablative	—	mostaniaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	—	mostaniaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	—	mostaniakéi

Further reading

• mostani 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