-etlen

See also: étlen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛtlɛn]
Hyphenation: et‧len

Suffix

-etlen (comparative -etlenebb, superlative leg- -etlenebb)

(adjective suffix) -less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a noun or a verb to form adjectives with a meaning of lacking something.
fej (“head”) → fejetlen (“headless; confused”)

ismer (“to know”) → ismeretlen (“unknown”)

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”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-etlen	-etlenek
accusative	-etlent	-etleneket
dative	-etlennek	-etleneknek
instrumental	-etlennel	-etlenekkel
causal-final	-etlenért	-etlenekért
translative	-etlenné	-etlenekké
terminative	-etlenig	-etlenekig
essive-formal	-etlenként	-etlenekként
essive-modal	-etlenül	-etlenekül
inessive	-etlenben	-etlenekben
superessive	-etlenen	-etleneken
adessive	-etlennél	-etleneknél
illative	-etlenbe	-etlenekbe
sublative	-etlenre	-etlenekre
allative	-etlenhez	-etlenekhez
elative	-etlenből	-etlenekből
delative	-etlenről	-etlenekről
ablative	-etlentől	-etlenektől

Derived terms

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