halott
Hungarian
Etymology
hal (“to die”) + -ott (past-participle suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒlotː]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ha‧lott
- Rhymes: -otː
Adjective
halott (not generally comparable, comparative halottabb, superlative leghalottabb)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | halott | halottak |
| accusative | halottat | halottakat |
| dative | halottnak | halottaknak |
| instrumental | halottal | halottakkal |
| causal-final | halottért | halottakért |
| translative | halottá | halottakká |
| terminative | halottig | halottakig |
| essive-formal | halottként | halottakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | halottban | halottakban |
| superessive | halotton | halottakon |
| adessive | halottnál | halottaknál |
| illative | halottba | halottakba |
| sublative | halottra | halottakra |
| allative | halotthoz | halottakhoz |
| elative | halottból | halottakból |
| delative | halottról | halottakról |
| ablative | halottól | halottaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
halotté | halottaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
halottéi | halottakéi |
Noun
halott (plural halottak)
- a dead person
- corpse
- (following a numeral, in the possessive form halottja, followed by a form of van) … (people) were killed (in a disaster or attack) (literally, “it had … deads”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | halott | halottak |
| accusative | halottat | halottakat |
| dative | halottnak | halottaknak |
| instrumental | halottal | halottakkal |
| causal-final | halottért | halottakért |
| translative | halottá | halottakká |
| terminative | halottig | halottakig |
| essive-formal | halottként | halottakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | halottban | halottakban |
| superessive | halotton | halottakon |
| adessive | halottnál | halottaknál |
| illative | halottba | halottakba |
| sublative | halottra | halottakra |
| allative | halotthoz | halottakhoz |
| elative | halottból | halottakból |
| delative | halottról | halottakról |
| ablative | halottól | halottaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
halotté | halottaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
halottéi | halottakéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | halottam | halottjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | halottad | halottjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | halottja | halottjai |
| 1st person plural | halottunk | halottjaink |
| 2nd person plural | halottatok | halottjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | halottjuk | halottjaik |
Derived terms
- halottas
- halotti
Compound words
Further reading
- halott 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.