avatatlan
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- avatlan (archaic)
Etymology
From avat (“to initiate; inaugurate; preshrink”) + -atlan (“un-, without”, privative adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒvɒtɒtlɒn]
- Hyphenation: ava‧tat‧lan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Adjective
avatatlan (comparative avatatlanabb, superlative legavatatlanabb)
- (rare, of clothing) unpreshrunk (that have not undergone a shrinking process during manufacturing)
- (of a person) uninitiated (not having been initiated; not having the special knowledge of a particular group)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | avatatlan | avatatlanok |
| accusative | avatatlant | avatatlanokat |
| dative | avatatlannak | avatatlanoknak |
| instrumental | avatatlannal | avatatlanokkal |
| causal-final | avatatlanért | avatatlanokért |
| translative | avatatlanná | avatatlanokká |
| terminative | avatatlanig | avatatlanokig |
| essive-formal | avatatlanként | avatatlanokként |
| essive-modal | avatatlanul | — |
| inessive | avatatlanban | avatatlanokban |
| superessive | avatatlanon | avatatlanokon |
| adessive | avatatlannál | avatatlanoknál |
| illative | avatatlanba | avatatlanokba |
| sublative | avatatlanra | avatatlanokra |
| allative | avatatlanhoz | avatatlanokhoz |
| elative | avatatlanból | avatatlanokból |
| delative | avatatlanról | avatatlanokról |
| ablative | avatatlantól | avatatlanoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
avatatlané | avatatlanoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
avatatlanéi | avatatlanokéi |
Derived terms
- avatatlanság
Further reading
- avatatlan in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- avatatlan in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).