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-atlan

-atlan

Hungarian

Suffix

-atlan (comparative -atlanabb, superlative leg- -atlanabb)

  1. (adjective suffix) -less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a word to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something.
    fog (tooth)fogatlan (toothless)
    tanul (to study)tanulatlan (uneducated)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -atlan -atlanok
accusative -atlant -atlanokat
dative -atlannak -atlanoknak
instrumental -atlannal -atlanokkal
causal-final -atlanért -atlanokért
translative -atlanná -atlanokká
terminative -atlanig -atlanokig
essive-formal -atlanként -atlanokként
essive-modal -atlanul -atlanokul
inessive -atlanban -atlanokban
superessive -atlanon -atlanokon
adessive -atlannál -atlanoknál
illative -atlanba -atlanokba
sublative -atlanra -atlanokra
allative -atlanhoz -atlanokhoz
elative -atlanból -atlanokból
delative -atlanról -atlanokról
ablative -atlantól -atlanoktól

Usage notes

  • (adjective suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -talan is added to back vowel words
    -telen is added to front vowel words
    -tlan is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -tlen is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -atlan is added to back vowel words
    -etlen is added to front vowel words
  • Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
    gond (care)gondtalan (carefree)
    gond (care)gondatlan (careless)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_adjectives_suffixed_with_-atlan'>Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -atlan</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes