jobblét

Hungarian

Etymology

jobb (“better”, comparative of jó (“good”)) +‎ lét (“existence, life”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjobleːt]
  • Hyphenation: jobb‧lét
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

jobblét (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic) Only in this phrase: jobblétre szenderül (“to die”).
  2. (rare, literary) a more favourable financial situation, better life circumstances

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative jobblét —
accusative jobblétet —
dative jobblétnek —
instrumental jobbléttel —
causal-final jobblétért —
translative jobblétté —
terminative jobblétig —
essive-formal jobblétként —
essive-modal — —
inessive jobblétben —
superessive jobbléten —
adessive jobblétnél —
illative jobblétbe —
sublative jobblétre —
allative jobbléthez —
elative jobblétből —
delative jobblétről —
ablative jobbléttől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
jobblété —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
jobblétéi —
Possessive forms of jobblét
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. jobblétem —
2nd person sing. jobbléted —
3rd person sing. jobbléte —
1st person plural jobblétünk —
2nd person plural jobblétetek —
3rd person plural jobblétük —

Further reading

  • jobblét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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