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-ás

-ás

Hungarian

Suffix

-ás

  1. (noun suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun.
    fut (to run)futás (running)
    ír (to write)írás (document / writing)
    lakik (to live)lakás (dwelling, home, flat)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -ás -ások
accusative -ást -ásokat
dative -ásnak -ásoknak
instrumental -ással -ásokkal
causal-final -ásért -ásokért
translative -ássá -ásokká
terminative -ásig -ásokig
essive-formal -ásként -ásokként
essive-modal
inessive -ásban -ásokban
superessive -áson -ásokon
adessive -ásnál -ásoknál
illative -ásba -ásokba
sublative -ásra -ásokra
allative -áshoz -ásokhoz
elative -ásból -ásokból
delative -ásról -ásokról
ablative -ástól -ásoktól
Possessive forms of -ás
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -ásom -ásaim
2nd person sing. -ásod -ásaid
3rd person sing. -ása -ásai
1st person plural -ásunk -ásaink
2nd person plural -ásotok -ásaitok
3rd person plural -ásuk -ásaik

Usage notes

  • (noun suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -ás is added to back vowel words
    -és is added to front vowel words
  • The suffix can be attached to any verb to make a noun that expresses the action or the process described by the verb itself, essentially like a gerund:
    olvas (to read)olvasás (reading)
    eszik (to eat)evés (eating)
  • Besides this meaning, for some verbs, the created noun also expresses the result or measurement (extent) of the process or action:
    ír (to write)írás (the act of writing / document)
    fizet (to pay)fizetés (the act of paying / salary)
    Note: for other verbs the result may be expressed by -mány, -vány, -alom, -at, -ék, -ály, -ám, -am, etc.

Derived terms

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See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes