csillagtalan
Hungarian
Etymology
From csillag (“star”) + -talan (“-less”, privative adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃilːɒktɒlɒn]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: csil‧lag‧ta‧lan
Adjective
csillagtalan (comparative csillagtalanabb, superlative legcsillagtalanabb)
- starless (without visible stars)
- Antonym: csillagos
- Csillagtalan éjszaka volt. ― It was a starless night.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | csillagtalan | csillagtalanok |
| accusative | csillagtalant | csillagtalanokat |
| dative | csillagtalannak | csillagtalanoknak |
| instrumental | csillagtalannal | csillagtalanokkal |
| causal-final | csillagtalanért | csillagtalanokért |
| translative | csillagtalanná | csillagtalanokká |
| terminative | csillagtalanig | csillagtalanokig |
| essive-formal | csillagtalanként | csillagtalanokként |
| essive-modal | csillagtalanul | — |
| inessive | csillagtalanban | csillagtalanokban |
| superessive | csillagtalanon | csillagtalanokon |
| adessive | csillagtalannál | csillagtalanoknál |
| illative | csillagtalanba | csillagtalanokba |
| sublative | csillagtalanra | csillagtalanokra |
| allative | csillagtalanhoz | csillagtalanokhoz |
| elative | csillagtalanból | csillagtalanokból |
| delative | csillagtalanról | csillagtalanokról |
| ablative | csillagtalantól | csillagtalanoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
csillagtalané | csillagtalanoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
csillagtalanéi | csillagtalanokéi |
Further reading
- csillagtalan 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.
- csillagtalan 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).